Gao Yu attends the opening of a photo exhibition by Liu Xa, wife of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, in Hong Kong, in this June 9, 2012 file photo. A Chinese court upheld a conviction on November 26, 2015 against Gao, a journalist accused of leaking an internal Communist Party document to a foreign website, but reduced her jail sentence by two years in a case criticized by the West and rights groups. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/Files
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese rights activist, Guo Feixiong, was sentenced to six years imprisonment on Friday by a court in southern China, amid a continuing crackdown on human rights advocates across the country, his lawyer said on Friday.
Two other activists, Liu Yuandong and Sun Desheng, were sentenced to three years and two-and-a-half years respectively, according to Guo's lawyer, Zhang Lei.
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