Originally published by The New York Times on August 3, 2016 BEIJING — An advocate for democracy and religious freedom in China was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Wednesday, the state news media reported, as the government continued its prosecution of a group of rights activists accused (read more…)
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Originally published by MDZ Online on August 2, 2016 Un tribunal popular en Tianjing condenó hoy a tres años de prisión al disidente Zhai Yanmin por “subversión contra el Estado”, en lo que es la primera sentencia dictada tras la ola de persecuciones a abogados defensores de los derechos civiles y (read more…)
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Originally published by APA on August 3, 2016 Erstes Urteil nach Verhaftungswelle im Vorjahr – Geständnis von Topjuristin offenbar erzwungen Peking – Nach der Verfolgungswelle gegen Bürgerrechtsanwälte und Aktivisten in China ist das erste Urteil gefallen. Wegen “Untergrabung der Staatsgewalt” verurteilte ein Volksgericht in Tianjin den 55-jährigen Dissidenten Zhai Yanmin am (read more…)
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Originally published by APA on August 3, 2016 Hartes Urteil am zweiten Verhandlungstag in Tianjin Tianjin – Ein chinesisches Gericht hat im Zuge der Verfolgung von Bürgerrechtsanwälten und Menschenrechtlern ein hartes Urteil gefällt. Das Zweite Mittlere Volksgericht der nordchinesischen Stadt Tianjin in der Nähe von Peking verurteilte den Aktivisten Hu Shigen (read more…)
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Originally published by The New York Times on August 1, 2016 BEIJING — A prominent lawyer jailed as part of a crackdown on human rights lawyers in China has been released from detention, according to news reports on Monday, even as her colleagues suggested that a videotaped confession she had offered (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 1, 2016 Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have reportedly released on bail a prominent human rights lawyer, while rights groups say the subversion trials of several others could begin soon. Wang Yu, whose July 9, 2015 detention marked the start (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 2, 2016 A court in the northern city of Tianjin on Tuesday found a rights activist linked to prominent human rights lawyers guilty of subversion, as state media said he had “confessed” to being part of a foreign-inspired plot to overthrow the ruling Chinese (read more…)
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Originally published by Los Angeles Times on August 2, 2016 China is putting three human rights activists and one lawyer on trial this week in the eastern city of Tianjin, and on Tuesday the court handed down the first verdict, finding one defendant guilty of subversion and imposing a three-year suspended prison sentence. (read more…)
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Originally published by The News Lens on August 2, 2016 Beijing-based human rights activist Zhai Yanmin (翟岩民) was sentenced today after reportedly pleading guilty to subverting state power. Zhai, 55, was sentenced to three years in prison with a four-year reprieve at a court in Tianjin, northern China. State-owned Xinhua says the court (read more…)
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Originally published by Voice of America on August 2, 2016 A court in Tianjin Tuesday handed down a guilty verdict for Chinese rights defender Zhai Yanmin, who was given a three-year jail term with a four-year probation period after being found guilty of “state subversion.” Activist arrested, detained Zhai’s verdict came (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on August 3, 2016 A prominent Christian church leader has become the latest to be jailed by Chinese courts during a week of activist trials and public confessions that have shocked international observers. Hu Shigen, a leader of an underground church movement, was found guilty of (read more…)
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Originally published by South China Morning Post on July 23, 2016 A petitioner who had been forcibly hospitalised in psychiatric hospitals was declared mentally fit before being sentenced and jailed for blackmailing government officials, according to mainland media. Petitioner Xu Xueling, 53, was sentenced to four years in jail for “picking (read more…)
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