China court jails pro-democracy activists: lawyer

China court jails pro-democracy activists: lawyer Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2016 - A Chinese court has jailed two activists for taking part in small-scale pro-democracy protests after detaining them for nearly three years, their lawyer said Tuesday. Yuan Bing and Yuan Xiaohua were jailed for four years and three-and-a-half years respectively, on charges including "picking quarrels and making trouble", their attorney Lu Jingmei told AFP. A court in the central Chinese p ... more

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