Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Sentenced To More Than 4 Years In Prison
The human rights lawyer was arrested in 2015 along with hundreds of other legal activists. Human rights groups say the sentence makes a mockery of the rule of law.
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail for subverting state power.
Wang Quanzhang is known for defending political activists, victims of land seizures, and the banned religious group Falun Gong. His wife and former business partners say Wang committed no crime. Human rights groups are condemning the sentence.
Wang was arrested of legal activists. Most of the other activists detained in what's known as the "709 crackdown" — for July 9, the date most of them were taken — have since been sentenced or released. Wang was the last to be sentenced.
