| PAPER CHASE NEWSBURST |  
|
| Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective. |
|
|
 |
|
 Friday, December 22, 2006 |
Chinese lawyer receives suspended sentence for inciting subversion
Brett Murphy at 11:09 AM ET
[JURIST] Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was sentenced Friday to a three-year suspended prison term for following his earlier conviction [JURIST report] for inciting subversion of state power [CECC report]. If Gao breaks any laws in the next three years, his prison sentence will be reinstated. The court additionally stripped Gao of his political rights, including the rights to free speech and to gather to protest, for one year.
Gao gained international notice by representing controversial clients, including members of the banned Falun Gong [group website; BBC backgrounder] sect. Gao's license to practice law was revoked [CECC backgrounder; HRW letter] late last year. There have been several high-profile subversion trials in China this year, leading to the jailing of several journalists and a ten-year sentence for a teacher [JURIST reports] who posted pro-democracy essays on the Internet. AP has more.
Link |
|
|
print |
subscribe |
 |
latest newscast |
 Facebook page
| For a one-stop snapshot of the latest legal news that matters, with breaking documents, new legal videos, live law-related webcasts, commentary by expert law professors and more - all updated through the day in real time, with no ads and no registration barriers - visit JURIST's homepage and check back often... |
|
|
| ABOUT | |
|
|
Paper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news service, powered by a team of 30 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. As an educational service, Paper Chase is dedicated to presenting important legal news and materials rapidly, objectively and intelligibly in an accessible, ad-free format.
|
|
|
