Monday 14 April 2014

Jailed China activist defiant as court rejects appeal

SINO DAILY
Jailed China activist defiant as court rejects appeal
Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2014 - A prominent Chinese legal activist defiantly denounced a court as "absurd" on Friday as it upheld his jail sentence for supporting anti-corruption protests, his lawyer said. Xu Zhiyong, 40, was sentenced to four years in prison in January for backing demonstrations in which a handful of activists held up banners calling for government officials to disclose their assets, as Beijing cracks dow ... more


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