Chinese Journalist Sentenced To Jail

Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement.

China today reduced a 71-year-old Chinese journalist's seven-year jail sentence for "leaking state secrets" by two years, her lawyer said following an appeal in a case condemned by free speech advocates.

A Chinese court upheld a conviction today against a journalist accused of leaking an internal Communist Party document to a foreign website but reduced her jail sentence by two years in a case criticised by the West and rights groups.

The European Union on Friday demanded that China "review" the trial of 71-year-old Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who has been sentenced to seven years prison after being convicted of leaking state secrets.

A Chinese court today sentenced a 71-year-old woman journalist to seven years in jail for leaking state secrets, it said, in a case seen by rights groups as part of a crackdown on government critics.

A Chinese investigative journalist who wrote reports critical of a state-controlled construction equipment maker has been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of defamation and bribery, according to state media on Friday.

Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement.

China today reduced a 71-year-old Chinese journalist's seven-year jail sentence for "leaking state secrets" by two years, her lawyer said following an appeal in a case condemned by free speech advocates.

A Chinese court upheld a conviction today against a journalist accused of leaking an internal Communist Party document to a foreign website but reduced her jail sentence by two years in a case criticised by the West and rights groups.

The European Union on Friday demanded that China "review" the trial of 71-year-old Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who has been sentenced to seven years prison after being convicted of leaking state secrets.

A Chinese court today sentenced a 71-year-old woman journalist to seven years in jail for leaking state secrets, it said, in a case seen by rights groups as part of a crackdown on government critics.

A Chinese investigative journalist who wrote reports critical of a state-controlled construction equipment maker has been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of defamation and bribery, according to state media on Friday.