CHINESE COURT SLAMS 5 YEAR JAIL ON RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

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January 29, 2016 – The Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Chi.na has sentenced three humanrights activists, Tang Jingling, Yuan Xinting, and Wang Qingying to five years and three-and-a-half, and two-and-a-half years respectively for “inciting subversion of state power.”

The three men were convicted for promoting the ideas of “non-violent civil disobedience” and of promoting peaceful transformation to democratic rule in gatherings of activists.

“The Chinese government needs to stop equating peaceful criticism with subversion if it is to make any progress towards respecting rights,” China director, Human Rights Watch, Sophie Richardson, said adding that the prosecution of three rights activists on such dubious charges shows how far Beijing needs to go.

Guangzhou police apprehended Tang, Yuan, and Wang in May 2014, initially detaining them for “creating disturbances.”

In June, the authorities formally arrested them on the more serious charge of “inciting subversion.” Tang, 44, a human rights lawyer, Yuan, 44, a freelance writer, and Wang, 33, a teacher, are well-known for having participated in many human rights activities in Guangdong Province over the past decade.


“The sentences for Tang, Yuan, and Wang don’t bode well for the more than a dozen human rights lawyers likely to stand trial soon for similar ‘subversion’ charges,” Richardson said, adding that the authorities should step in and end these prosecutions now.”

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