2023-06-08 14:44:08
Mr. Chang Yiping (right) and his wife, Chen Zihuan, pose for a photo with their eldest son in August 2018, Yunnan Province, China.
[Beijing Kyodo]China’s Baoji City Intermediate People’s Court (district court) sentenced Chang Yiping, a human rights lawyer accused of subverting state power, to three years and six months in prison on the 8th, and politically He was sentenced to two years deprivation of his rights. The trial was closed to the public, and Mr. Chang was sentenced in detention. relatives revealed. The Xi Jinping leadership continues its political crackdown on pro-democracy and human rights lawyers.
His wife, Chen Zijuan, pleaded not guilty in China, but under pressure from the authorities, she defected to the United States last year with her eldest son. Mr. Chang is a lawyer who has worked to support the socially vulnerable. Ms. Chen criticized her ruling, saying, “It’s a nonsense case. (Her husband’s activities) have only done something beneficial to society.”
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