China: Jail sentence for lawyer who reported being tortured ‘an outrage’

By Amnesty International

Responding to the three-and-a-half year prison sentence handed to Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping for “subversion of state power” today at Feng County Detention Centre, Shaanxi province, the Head of Amnesty International’s China Team, Sarah Brooks, said: “It is an outrage that Chang Weiping faces jail simply for speaking out about the torture he […] The post China: Jail sentence for lawyer who reported being tortured ‘an outrage’ appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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