China 'jails democracy activist'

Posted on December 26, 2005 11:08 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A Chinese democracy activist has reportedly been jailed for 12 years for helping to organise anti-Japanese protests in China earlier this year.

The wife of Xu Wanping said he had been found guilty of incitement to subvert state power at a closed hearing.

Mr Xu, 44, was among a number of activists known to have been arrested as a result of the protests in April.

Demonstrators opposed Japan's approval of textbooks which they said glossed over wartime atrocities it committed.

Mr Xu was accused of helping to organise a signature campaign against the school history books.

Original source: BBC News


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