AP
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan are continuing to hold prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong under house arrest at his home in Luoyang city, RFA has learned.
Jiang, who recently passed his 50th birthday under close surveillance by state security police, was released from prison in February 2019 at the end of a two-year jail term for incitement to subvert state power, a charge often used to imprison peaceful critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
He was allowed to return to his parents home in Luoyang, but remains under close surveillance and heavy restrictions.
Jiang s U.S.-based wife Jin Bianling has repeatedly expressed concern for her husband s health after he was tortured by cellmates during his time in detention.
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 17, 2020
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