In a stunning move, an appeals court has overturned the guilty verdict of activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng. Chen was sentenced to four years in prison this past summer after launching a crusade against the forced sterilization of peasant women. Local officials had ordered the sterilizations as well as forced abortions in an effort [...]
NYT: Rights Advocate Wins a Retrial, a Rarity in the Chinese Courts
October 31st, 2006 · 5 Comments
Tags: Chinese politics
