China’s secret trials: ‘I have not seen my husband for almost three years’ 3 minutes read
By Javier Triana
Beijing, Jan 15 (efe-epa).- The last news Shi Minglei had about her husband was at the beginning of September, and only to learn he had been secretly tried a few days earlier.
There is no information on the case on the court’s website, nor were they notified of the date of the hearing, nor is there news on the sentence or official written notification.
Shi’s husband is Cheng Yuan, director of the non-governmental organization Changsha Funeng, dedicated to combating discrimination against people with disabilities, Hepatitis B, and HIV, and who has scored some important victories in those fields.
China court confirms prison sentence to human rights lawyer 2 minutes read
Beijing, Dec 28 (efe-epa)- A court in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu has confirmed a 4-year prison sentence to well-known human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng for inciting subversion against state power, his wife Xu Yan informed EFE on Monday.
According to Xu, the defense attorneys she hired to appeal the sentence, Lin Qilei and Lu Siwei, received the verdict on Saturday, after which they proceeded to notify her.
However, Xu underlined that the document confirming the sentence received on her mobile phone – which includes three years of loss of political rights and which will expire on Mar. 1, 2022 – is dated December 13.