About Zhang Sizhi
Lived 1927 – 2022 (aged 94). Zhang Sizhi was a Chinese human rights defender, university teacher, lawyer, chinese human rights lawyer and jurist.
Zhang Sizhi (; 12 November 1927 – 24 June 2022) was an active rights lawyer in China, and a professor at Central University of Finance and Economics. He was known as "The lawyer's conscience".
Biography Zhang was born as the eldest of 10 children to Zhang Jingtang and Meng Yanrong on 12 November 1927 in Zhengzhou. His father was a doctor who practiced Chinese traditional medicine.
Awards 2008 Petra Kelly Prize by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung for his outstanding contributions to the protection of human rights and the construction of a legal state and lawyer system in China.
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Who was Zhang Sizhi?
Chinese lawyer (1927-2022)
When was Zhang Sizhi born?
Zhang Sizhi was born on 12 November 1927 in Zhengzhou.
When did Zhang Sizhi die?
Zhang Sizhi died on 24 June 2022 in Beijing.
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Zhang Sizhi was a human rights defender, university teacher, lawyer, chinese human rights lawyer and jurist.
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Zhang Sizhi was Chinese.
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