A Chinese court has sentenced an independent journalist and champion of the #MeToo movement to five years in prison for subversion, her supporters say.
Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement. She was sentenced alongside labour activist Wang Jianbing, who was handed three years and six months, a group of their supporters said on social media platform X.
But supporters said Huang was accused of "publishing distorted, provocative articles and speeches attacking the national government on social media", and "gathering overseas organisers to participate in online training for 'non-violent actions'". Huang had been previously held by authorities, after returning from reporting on Hong Kong's enormous pro-democracy protests in 2019.
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