'Police have come.'
It was early one Saturday morning when Zhang Kai, a human rights lawyer, sent that text message to his friends. And then he went quiet. He's just one of hundreds of activists and lawyers who have been targeted in an unprecedented nationwide crackdown by Chinese authorities.
Over 225 Chinese human rights lawyers and activists have been targeted by police in a nationwide crackdown which began on Thursday, July 9. At least 22 are believed to be in some form of detention. Many more have been questioned by police, and at least three law firms have also been searched.
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