A leading Chinese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after almost five years behind bars, his wife said Sunday.
Li Wenzu shaved her head in 2018 in protest at the jailing of her husband Wang Quanzhang during the 709 crackdown AFP/FRED DUFOURBEIJING: A leading Chinese human rights lawyer has been released from prison after almost five years behind bars, his wife said Sunday .
Calls to the prison went unanswered Sunday and Shandong's justice department did not respond to enquiries from AFP. A prominent lawyer who has defended political activists and victims of land seizures, Wang was held incommunicado prior to the trial. "Is this what a rational person would do after being separated from their wife and child for almost five years?"
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