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China jails rights activist Li Qiaochu for more than 3 years for subversion
- Court document says Li helped her partner Xu Zhiyong upload ‘subversive articles’ on his website
- She was detained three years ago and her mother has not been granted permission to see her
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Hayley Wongin Beijing
Chinese women’s and labour rights activist Li Qiaochu has been jailed for more than 3½ years for aiding in the publication of “a large amount of subversive articles”.
In a verdict handed down on Monday, Linshu County People’s Court in Linshu, Shandong province, said the case related to articles posted on the blog of partner and fellow activist Xu Zhiyong, who is serving a 14-year sentence for subversion.
Li, 33, has already been in custody for three years. The court ordered her to serve three years and eight months, and deprived her of her political rights – such as the right to publish – for two years. Her family has appealed against the decision.
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Her trial was heard behind closed doors because, according to a copy of the court’s verdict, the evidence and electronic data related to the case were regarded as “state secrets”.
The verdict said that at Xu’s request, Li helped him build a website for his personal blog in September 2019 and upload an archive of 273 articles Xu had written.
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A friend overseas helped Xu to publish new articles on the website.
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