Legal activists like Hu Shigen and Zhai Yanmin are among targets of President Xi’s crackdown

China: Activist Hu Shigen jailed for ‘subversion’

A court in China has sentenced an activist to seven and a half years in prison for “subverting state power” on Wednesday, in the second known trial following the arrests of hundreds of human rights lawyers and activists. State broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday that Hu Shigen had pleaded guilty to “subversion, damaging national security and…

China sentences first activist connected to rights lawyer crackdown

Beijing (dpa) – A court in northern China’s city of Tianjin found a legal activist guilty of “subverting state power” on Tuesday, in the first known trial following the arrests of hundreds of human rights lawyers and activists. The No 2 Intermediate People’s Court of Tianjin sentenced Zhai Yanmin, a resident of Beijing, to three years…