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Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi in Guangzhou before their arrests in late 2019 and early 2020, respectively. Photograph: Reuters A Chinese court sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers on Monday to jail terms of more than a decade each in the latest move in a years-long crackdown on civil society by President Xi Jinping. Xu Zhiyong (50) and Ding Jiaxi (55) went on trial behind closed doors in June last year on charges of state subversion at a court in Linshu county in the northeastern province of Shandong, relatives told Reuters at the time. Mr Xu and Mr Ding are...
