China has sentenced a veteran journalist to seven years in prison on charges of “disclosing state secrets” in a case that illustrates the widening crackdown on free speech in the country.
Gao Yu, 71, a well-respected journalist known for her trenchant criticism of the government, was handed the sentence by a Beijing court on Friday, five months after she was convicted in a closed-door trial.
Human rights groups have excoriated authorities for the sentence and the conduct of her trial, which appears to have been intended as a warning to critics of the ruling Communist party.
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