{"id":40383,"date":"2014-06-19T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=40383 "},"modified":"2014-06-19T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:39:00","slug":"40383-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=40383","title":{"rendered":"China jails \\’New Citizens\\’ Movement\\’ activists"},"content":{"rendered":"

19 June 2014 Last updated at 00:04 ET
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The activists with their banner<\/div>

New Citizens’ Movement calls for more openness from the government<\/p>

Three Chinese anti-corruption activists have been given lengthy jail terms for urging officials to disclose wealth.<\/p>

Wei Zhongping and Liu Ping, associated with the New Citizens’ Movement, were given six-and-a-half years in jail. A third activist, Li Sihua, received a shorter sentence.<\/p>

Rights group Amnesty International said the charges were “preposterous”.<\/p>

China’s leaders are running a crackdown on corruption, but refuse to tolerate grassroots groups with similar aims.<\/p>

The three activists were detained after taking photographs with banners urging officials to disclose their assets.<\/p>

They were put on trial in a high-security court in Xinyu, Jiangxi province, late last year.<\/p>

At the time, defence lawyers complained of serious procedural problems and said they were not confident of the outcome.<\/p>

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