A Chinese court sentenced two of the country’s most prominent human-rights activists to prison terms of more than a decade each for subversion
SINGAPORE—, slamming the door on an era of activism thatXu Zhiyong was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fellow lawyer Ding Jiaxi was sentenced to 12 years on Monday by the Linshu County Court in
eastern China’s Shandong province, said Mr. Ding’s wife, Luo Shengchun, citing information from their lawyers. Messrs. Xu and Ding had earlier been found guilty in a secret trial in Linshu in June, she said.
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