Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, hold up signs protesting against his trial, near Beijing's First Intermediary People's Court on Jan. 22, 2014. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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