BBC: China: They condemn to 4 years in prison to activist Xu Zhiyong

BBC Domingo, 26 of January of 2014
Xu Zhiyong, China

Xu urged the leaders of the Communist Party to
that will inform about their properties.

In one of the judicial processes to a more prominent dissident in recent years in China, A Beijing Court sentenced the Chinese human rights activist, Xu Zhiyong, Four years in prison for congregating a crowd and altering public order.

Xu, An academic of laws, He urged China's Communist Party leaders to publicly disseminate information about their possessions, As part of an anti -corruption campaign developed by its movement of new citizens.

Xu's lawyers previously told the BBC who expected a guilt verdict and that they plan to appeal.

During the trial, The United States referred to the dissident as a political prisoner and requested his liberation.

Xu is one of the base activists taken to trial this week, in what many analysts see as a broader offensive of the government against dissidents.

Read too: China arrests activist who asks for transparency of public officials

 

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