Chinese authorities sentenced a prominent civil rights activist to four years in prison on Sunday, the first in a series of human rights-related convictions expected over coming weeks.
The Beijing Number 1 Intermediate People’s Court found Xu Zhiyong, 40, guilty of organising protests. His lawyer and supporters have described the trial as a “laughing stock”, and said the result was preordained by the Chinese Communist party.
Mr Xu, a lawyer, has campaigned for greater government transparency and called on the country’s leaders to introduce rules to require government officials to disclose their assets in an attempt to combat widespread corruption.
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