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China jails two human rights lawyers for ‘subversion’

Luo Shengchun, wife of Chinese human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi, said she has pursued the case with US State Department officials [File: Alex Wong/Getty Images]

Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for more than 10 years, an advocacy group and one of the men’s wives said.

Xu Zhiyong and fellow campaigner Ding Jiaxi were convicted of “subversion of state power” following closed-door trials.

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