What is Zhang Sizhi?
{{Infobox person | image = ZHANGSIZHI.jpg | caption = Sizhi in 2013 | name = Zhang Sizhi | native_name = 张思之 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_name = | other_names = | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|11|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Zhengzhou]], [[Henan]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|6|24|1927|11|12|df=y}} | death_place = [[Beijing]], China | death_cause = | alma_mater = | occupation = Legal scholar, lawyer | years_active = | organization = | agent = | known_for = Civil rights advocacy | notable_works = | television = | party = | movement = | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = <!-- {{Awards|award= |year= |title= }} --> | signature = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|s=张思之|t=張思之|p=Zhāng Sīzhī}} }} '''Zhang Sizhi''' ({{zh|s=张思之|p=Zhāng Sīzhī}}; 12 November 1927 – 24 June 2022) was an Chinese human rights lawyer. He was a professor at [[Central University of Finance and Economics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://law.cufe.edu.cn/article/default.asp?id=957 |title= 我院兼职教授张思之先生八十华诞暨律师执业五十周年庆祝酒会在京隆重举行 |date= 29 November 2006 |work= Central University of Finance and Economics |language= zh |access-date= 1 August 2012 |archive-date= 12 January 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140112082837/http://law.cufe.edu.cn/article/default.asp?id=957 |url-status= dead }}</ref> He was known for defending many of the protesters involved in the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rfi.fr/cn/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20220624-%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%BE%8B%E5%B8%88%E7%95%8C%E7%9A%84%E6%B3%B0%E6%96%97%E5%92%8C%E8%89%AF%E5%BF%83%E5%BC%A0%E6%80%9D%E4%B9%8B%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96 |script-title=zh:中国律师界的泰斗和良心张思之先生逝世 |work=rfi.fr |date=24 June 2022 |access-date=24