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We, lawyers Li Heping and Li Xiongbing of the Beijing Gaobo Longhua Law Firm, lawyers Zhang Lihui and Li Shunzhang of the Beijing Guogang Law Firm, lawyer Teng Biao of the Beijing Huayi Law Firm,
and lawyer Wu Hongweiof the Beijing Haiming Law Firm have been entrusted by Ms. Han Lingrong to defend Han Lingrong’s granddaugh- ter (daughter’s daughter) Wang Bo, son-in-law Wang Xinzhong, and
daughter Liu Shuqin, respectively. Given that our trusters are the same people, that the defendants are members of one extended family, that all of the defendants have the status of Falun Gong believers, and that all have been accused and sentenced for the same set of facts and the same charges; moreover, based on the counsels’ understanding of the extreme importance of the freedom of religious belief to politics and morality and to maintaining mankind’s freedom and happiness, and based on the counsels’ anticipation that China today must shift consideration of the topic of freedom of belief from the perilous and sensitive domains of religion and politics to a more prudent and rational legal platform, we jointly put forward our defense opinions as follows.
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