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China Jails Xinjiang Rights Activist For 19 Years For Subversion, Spying

Authorities in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang have jailed a Han Chinese rights activist for 19 years on subversion and spying charges after he openly criticized government policy in the troubled region.

Zhang Haitao was handed a 15-year prison term for « incitement to subvert state power » and five years for « providing intelligence overseas » by the Intermediate People’s Court in Xinjiang’s regional capital, Urumqi. Lire la suite »

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