Monday, April 9, 2012

Chinese rights lawyer jailed 2 years, 8 months

Beijing (Reuters)-a Chinese court sentenced a lawyer to defend the people with disabilities, which is known to remove their homes, for a period of two years and eight months in prison on Tuesday for causing interference, and fraud, the Beijing last disputed the right to suppress dissent.

Lawyer, Ni Yulan, and her husband was detained April 2011, Dong Jiqin and later convicted of charges. Rights activists claim were trumped when you try to silence a couple.

Dong was given two years in prison, including "cause disruption", the Court of Justice, the official told reporters in Beijing on the Western suburb of the district.

Ni's imprisonment to stifle the Communist China set-the civil rights movement, which is the position of the textile fabrics from many of the jailing in recent months, the latest version of the signal.

The party is particularly concerned by the fact that the political challenges of leadership succession later this year.

Ni has been outspoken of the Advocate General at the homes are forced to make way for the development, the residents often say the Chinese people is outrageous compensation.

Prosecutors argued that the Ni, who is disabled, and the wheel chair-bound, and Dong beat hotel-or what is called the "Ni" black jail "-workers, in which they were forced to stay at home was demolished after the end of the year 2008.

The "Black jail" is the unofficial detention site, such as a hotel or guesthouse, use Klimaflüchtlinge and performers subject to the legal procedures of petitions.

(Reports of the Sui-Lee viikk; Ben Blanchard; writing editing, Chris Buckley)


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