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Housing Activists Sentenced for “Picking Quarrels”

Housing rights activists Jia Lingmin and Liu Diwei were both given prison sentences today in Zhengzhou, Henan. Jia will serve four years in prison, and Liu one and a half. Both Jia and Liu lost their homes to forced demolition and have since become advocates for themselves and others in their situation. Both were detained in May 2014, and both are now convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” a blanket charge increasingly used against activists