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Chinese #MeToo Activist Sentenced to Five Years in Jail

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Sophia Huang Xueqin, a labour activist, has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of "inciting subversion of state power". Her friend and fellow labour rights activist Wang Jianbing received a three-year and six-month sentence. According to reports, Huang intends to appeal the decision. The sentences took into account the time both individuals had already spent in detention prior to their convictions. Additionally, Huang was deprived of political rights for four years and fined $100,000 RMB (approximately £10,800).

  1. US
    Sarah Brooks
    Amnesty International
    1. In reality, they have committed no actual crime. Instead, the Chinese government has fabricated excuses to deem their work a threat, and to target them for educating themselves and others about social justice issues such as women's dignity and workers' rights.
    2. These malicious and totally groundless convictions show just how terrified the Chinese government is of the emerging wave of activists who dare to speak out to protect the rights of others.
    3. These convictions will prolong their deeply unjust detention and have a further chilling effect on human rights and social advocacy in a country where activists face increasing state crackdowns.
    4. Tomorrow marks exactly one thousand days since Sophia Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing were arrested.

#MeToo Movement

  1. Chinese MeToo activist on trial for 'subversion'

sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.France 24
  3. 3.The Times
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.ABC News (Australia)
  6. 6.Al Jazeera
  7. 7.The Guardian
  8. 8.The Times of India
  9. 9.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.Authoritarianism
  2. 2.China under Xi Jinping
  3. 3.Freedom of Speech
  4. 4.Women's Rights
  5. 5.MeToo Movement
  6. 6.Affirmative Action

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.United KingdomGB
  4. 4.Hong KongHK

organizations

  1. 1.Amnesty InternationalGB
  2. 2.University of Sussex
  3. 3.Committee to Protect Journalists
  4. 4.Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court
  5. 5.Guangzhou Intermediate Court
  6. 6.Free Huang Xueqin
  7. 7.UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
  8. 8.Chinese Human Rights Defenders
  9. 9.University of Hong Kong

persons

  1. 1.Wang Jianbing
  2. 2.Sophia Huang Xueqin
  3. 3.Sarah BrooksUS
  4. 4.Huang Xueqin
  5. 5.Lin JianCN

technicals

  1. 1.#MeToo Movement
  2. 2.Tiananmen Square
  3. 3.Covid-19 Pandemic