Li Heping (Chinese: 李和平) is a civil rights lawyer in the People's Republic of China and a partner of the Beijing Global Law Firm who was abducted on 10 July 2015.
[2] Li began his career in civil rights advocacy in the late 1990s, and emerged as a vocal critic of the Communist Party's policies and practices toward unregistered religious groups.
[2] He has sought to appeal on behalf other prominent Weiquan lawyers Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng, and has defended dissident Yang Zili and environmental activist Tan Kai.
Li identifies as Christian,[4] and is a member of the editorial board for the journal Chinese Law and Religion Monitor, run by the China Aid Association.
[11] Other people still detained by the authorities include lawyers Wang Yu, Zhou Shifeng, Li Shuyun and Xie Yanyi; as well a legal assistant, Liu Sixin; and activists Hu Shigen and Gou Hongguo.