crackdown the chinese government's crackdown on activists and human rights lawyer as lawyers like wong truong jang whose fate was unknown for 3 years after his arrest in 2015 is now serving a 4 and a half year prison for so-called subversion of state. today is the 4th anniversary of the 709 crackdown since july the 9th 2015 more than 300 lawyers and activists have either been detained or tried on old man out of charges in china so what's the situation today in the country we can put that question to chinese human rights activist and lawyer. who joins us now from taipei mr tong good to see you what would you say do lawyers and human rights activists in china still live in fear. yes many many humorous malia's have been put into a crease in o. culture and disappeared and many have how being a spark since last year and these faulty human as long ready as have been taken over it they're not your spices. and so do. rights were is my hiring it's all. but but sunken rice gnarliest in china last year they're continuing their human rights accurately its rights crackdown has been mostly beer then peaceful. a