Article 2MMB8 China convicts rights lawyer Li Heping of 'subversion of state power'

China convicts rights lawyer Li Heping of 'subversion of state power'

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Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong
from World news | The Guardian on (#2MMB8)

Li, once told that China considered him 'more dangerous than Bin Laden', sentenced in secret trial to three years in prison with a four-year reprieve

A respected Christian human rights lawyer has been convicted of "subversion of state power" at a secret trial in China, almost two years after he was first detained in a sweeping crackdown.

Li Heping was sentenced to three years in prison with a four-year reprieve, the court in the eastern city of Tianjin said on an official social media account, meaning he should be released but could be arrested and jailed at any point.

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