China: Quash Convictions of Prominent Rights Lawyers

Click to expand Image Left: Sophie Luo Shengchun, the wife of jailed Chinese human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi, poses with a photo of him at her home in New York, US, July 28, 2022. Right: Chinese legal activist Xu Zhiyong.  © 2022 Brendan McDermid/Rueters (L) © Kyodo News Stills/Getty Images (R) (New York) – Chinese authorities should immediately quash the lengthy sentences on baseless charges handed down to two of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers and activists, Human Right Watch said today. On April 10, 2023, a court in Shandong province sentenced Xu Zhiyong to 14 years in prison…

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