Chinese rights lawyer sentenced to 5 years in prison: HRW
The Straits Times
The court sentenced Xie Yang to five years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang has been sentenced to five years in prison for “inciting subversion,” the US group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said late on March 23.
Xie, who has defended Christian and pro-democracy activists, was detained in January 2022.
The 54-year-old faced years of surveillance by authorities over remarks judged critical of the Chinese government and ruling Communist Party.
The Changsha Intermediate People’s Court in central China sentenced Xie on March 23 to five years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power,” HRW said in a statement published in New York the same day.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian criticized HRW but did not address Xie’s specific case when asked about it at a news briefing on March 24.
The organisation “possesses absolutely no credibility and is not worth commenting on,” he said.
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