China releases rights lawyer jailed for years: relative
Beijing (AFP) Aug 07, 2014 - A Chinese human rights lawyer whose secret detention and alleged torture by Communist authorities prompted an international outcry was released Thursday after a three-year jail sentence, his wife and a relative said. Gao Zhisheng, who defended some of China's most vulnerable people including Christians and coal miners, has been held largely incommunicado since 2009. "He is out (of jail), ... more

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