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China: Prominent Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 5 Years
March 23, 2026
NEW YORK, March 23 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news:

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China: Prominent Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 5 Years

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A court in China sentenced the prominent human rights lawyer Xie Yang to five years in prison on March 23, 2026, on politically motivated charges of "inciting subversion of state power," Human Rights Watch said today. The Chinese government should immediately quash the conviction, wh . . .

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