Xu Yan says she does not accept the decision of a Chinese court that sentenced her husband Yu Wensheng to four years in prison. Photo: Handout Xu Yan says she does not accept the decision of a Chinese court that sentenced her husband Yu Wensheng to four years in prison. Photo: Handout
Xu Yan says she does not accept the decision of a Chinese court that sentenced her husband Yu Wensheng to four years in prison. Photo: Handout

Human rights in China

China /  Politics

Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng sentenced to four years in prison

  • Yu’s wife Xu Yan says she rejects verdict of trial held in secret in May last year.
  • ‘China must stop this illegal and arbitrary oppression of its people,’ she says

Topic |   Human rights in China
Guo Rui
Guo Rui in Guangzhou

Updated: 11:02pm, 17 Jun, 2020

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Xu Yan says she does not accept the decision of a Chinese court that sentenced her husband Yu Wensheng to four years in prison. Photo: Handout Xu Yan says she does not accept the decision of a Chinese court that sentenced her husband Yu Wensheng to four years in prison. Photo: Handout
Xu Yan says she does not accept the decision of a Chinese court that sentenced her husband Yu Wensheng to four years in prison. Photo: Handout
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