She hadn’t slept much the last two nights after receiving the news that her husband, human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, would finally face trial after more than three years of waiting in prison. She had already been warned by public security agents not to attend her husband’s trial at a courthouse in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin. “I demand Wang Quanzhang be freed because he is innocent,” she said. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Yang Chunlin, a rights activist, shouts to show his support for detained Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang outside the court in Tianjin before being arrested by plainclothes police. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Activist Yang Chunlin is bundled into a car by authorities after protesting outside Wang Quanzhang’s trial.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2018 07:41 UTC