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Rights Lawyer Xia Lin Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail

A Beijing court has sentenced prominent civil rights lawyer Xia Lin to 12 years in jail for fraud after he was held in detention for nearly two years. Xia is known for defending high-profile activists such as Ai Weiwei, Guo Yushan, Tan Zuoren, and close colleague Pu Zhiqiang—himself disbarred after receiving a three-year suspended sentence last year. At the South China Morning Post, Jun Mai and Nectar Gan report: After being detained for two years, Xia Lin, 46, was found