BEIJING: Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was once sentenced on Monday to four and a half years in jail for state subversion, a northern Chinese court stated.
Wang, 42, who defended political activists and sufferers of land seizures, disappeared in a 2015 sweep -- known as the "709" crackdown -- aimed at court critics of Communist authorities.
Charged in January 2016 with alleged state subversion, Wang were the final of greater than 200 lawyers and activists arrested within the 709 crackdown to be tried or launched.
Wang was once "found guilty of subverting state power, sentenced to four years and six months in prison, and deprived of political rights for five years," the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court stated in a commentary.
After greater than two years of being in criminal limbo — detained with no trial date — Wang's court hearing happened behind closed doorways in Tianjin on December 26.
At the time, the court stated the trial was once closed to the public "due to the state secrets involved".
Wang's spouse Li Wenzu was once placed beneath de facto space arrest the day prior to her husband's trial to forestall her from attending.
Li has actively protested her husband's detention. Last April, she tried to march 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the detention facility in Tianjin where her husband were held.
In December, prior to Wang's court date was once announced, Li and three supporters shaved their heads and tried to put up a petition to a Beijing court protesting Wang's detention.
Wang, 42, who defended political activists and sufferers of land seizures, disappeared in a 2015 sweep -- known as the "709" crackdown -- aimed at court critics of Communist authorities.
Charged in January 2016 with alleged state subversion, Wang were the final of greater than 200 lawyers and activists arrested within the 709 crackdown to be tried or launched.
Wang was once "found guilty of subverting state power, sentenced to four years and six months in prison, and deprived of political rights for five years," the Tianjin Second Intermediate People's Court stated in a commentary.
After greater than two years of being in criminal limbo — detained with no trial date — Wang's court hearing happened behind closed doorways in Tianjin on December 26.
At the time, the court stated the trial was once closed to the public "due to the state secrets involved".
Wang's spouse Li Wenzu was once placed beneath de facto space arrest the day prior to her husband's trial to forestall her from attending.
Li has actively protested her husband's detention. Last April, she tried to march 100 kilometres (60 miles) to the detention facility in Tianjin where her husband were held.
In December, prior to Wang's court date was once announced, Li and three supporters shaved their heads and tried to put up a petition to a Beijing court protesting Wang's detention.
Chinese rights lawyer jailed for 'subversion'
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