He is among hundreds of people who were detained last year in a broad crackdown on civil society advocates and human rights lawyers. According to the state-run New China News Agency, Hu held a meeting with Zhai and other activists and lawyers in early 2015. That accusation apparently related to an interfaith conference in Taiwan focused on human rights in mainland China, which attracted Tibetan Buddhists and Muslims from Xinjiang, among others. On Tuesday, activist Zhai Yanmin was convicted on subversion charges but given a suspended prison sentence. After the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, he co-founded the China Freedom and Democracy Party.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 03, 2016 07:21 UTC