CHINA: UN EXPERTS CONDEMN JAILING OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER JIANG TIANYONG
(WorldNews Switzerland)

23 November 2017 GENEVA, 23 November 2017 (Issued as received) - A group of United Nations human rights experts* has appealed to the Government of China to unconditionally release Jiang Tianyong, a human rights lawyer jailed for two years after being found guilty of inciting subversion of the State`s power. `Mr. Jiang`s trial clearly fell short of international standards and his conviction represents an unfair and arbitrary punishment of a human rights lawyer and defender, whose only crime was to exercise his rights to free speech and to defend human rights,` said the experts. `Domestic judicial procedures should be in compliance with...