Group: China dissident sentenced to 7 years’ jail

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese rights group says a court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years’ jail for a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to go to a public square and make a stand.

The Chinese Human Rights Defenders says a court in Hangzhou city sentenced dissident Zhu Yufu on Friday in a hearing attended by his ex-wife and son.

Zhu’s ex-wife and lawyers could not immediately be reached.

Zhu is among a group of writers and intellectuals targeted by Chinese authorities in a crackdown aimed at preventing Arab Spring-style popular uprisings.

Three other dissidents have received nine- and 10-year prison terms for subversion or inciting subversion over the last few months.

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