China Imprisons Prominent Human Rights Lawyers for Subversion
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Chinese civil rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi have been sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, for "subversion of state power." The sentences are among the harshest handed to Chinese rights lawyers since a sweeping crackdown on the profession in 2015. Xu and Ding were detained by authorities after attending a private gathering with other activists in December 2019. Both pleaded not guilty to the subversion charges. Human rights groups have called for their release.
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- China jails two human rights lawyers for ‘subversion’ Al Jazeera English
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