FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy demonstrators hold up portraits of Chinese disbarred lawyer Jiang Tianyong, demanding his release, during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, China December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police released a video on Thursday of detained human rights activist Jiang Tianyong to refute what it described as rumours he had been tortured, though Jiang's wife said the clip had not assuaged fears for her husband's safety.
Disbarred lawyer Jiang, 46, who had spoken out against a government crackdown on dozens of rights activists in 2015, went missing in Changsha city in November last year, his wife told Reuters at the time.
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