Guo Feixiong is latest victim of laws that prevent citizens from protesting Chinese censorship

SHANGHAI — China has jailed a leading civil rights activist for six years on charges of disturbing public order — in part for his role in protests against censorship at a popular liberal newspaper in Guangzhou. A court in southern Guangdong province on Friday passed the sentence on 48-year-old Guo Feixiong in a hearing off-limits to…

BEIJING — One of southern China’s most prominent activists was sentenced to six years in prison for participating in anti-censorship and pro-transparency protests, his lawyer said on Friday, making him the latest victim of president Xi Jinping’s crackdown on dissent. Guo Feixiong, 49, was convicted by the Tianhe District People’s Court in the southern city of…