Despite the Chinese government's efforts to cut down on public attention on human rights cases in the country, the wives of dissidents who were arrested in April have been advocating for their husbands globally to raise awareness about human rights abuses in China.
The sentencing on Monday came nearly a month after they were tried separately behind closed doors by a court in Shandong on the grounds that their cases.
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): China is putting two prominent civil rights activists, Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, through closed-door trials this week for state subversion, media reports said.
Beijing [China], June 17 (ANI): Indicted for the same charges of discussing 'human rights', Chinese activist Xu Zhiyong and human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi will be tried separately on Friday and Monday respectively.
Beijing [China], January 10 (ANI): China has indicted twenty or so lawyers and activists who gathered at a rental villa near the Chinese seaside for discussing besieged human rights movement.