New York, Sept. 11 -- China's human rights landscape continues to draw global concern as lawyers, activists, and ethnic minorities face mounting restrictions under the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) tightening control.

A recent article by acclaimed journalist Jiang Xue charts the trajectory of China's human rights lawyers, who rose to prominence in the early 2000s by defending citizens' rights and challenging politically sensitive cases.

Once a symbol of progress, these lawyers have now been reduced to a heavily monitored and repressed class, emblematic of China's broader crackdown on dissent.

This week, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) is holding its seventeenth session through September 12, reviewing 16 draf...