#MeToo activist sentenced to five years in prison


Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” after she became a symbol of the country’s stalled feminist movement.

She was sentenced yesterday alongside labour activist Wang Jianbing, who was handed three years and six months, a group of their supporters said on X.

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