He is remembered (a little unfairly) for a belief in order over freedom. But he fought for liberty throughout his life—he even pushed to curb the slave trade in 1780, a quarter of a century before it was abolished A reappraisal of Edmund Burke Burke died on July 9th 1797 ECONOMIST.COM Two years on: Full coverage from HKFP of China's "709 crackdown" on human rights lawyers. China Lawyer Crackdown | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Law & Crime • Politics & Protest • SinoBeat China rights lawyer Jiang… HONGKONGFP.COM