Chinese rights activist gets 4-year prison sentence

BEIJING, China - A lawyer (C) of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, is taken away by security officers near a court in Beijing on Jan. 26, 2014. Xu was sentenced to four years' imprisonment the same day on charges of disrupting public order for his role in protests against corruption.

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