BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court announced on Friday it had sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to a three year suspended jail sentence for subverting state power, after a closed-door trial.
President Xi Jinping has tightened the state's grip on independent civil society since 2012, citing threats to national security and stability.
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