AFP
January 28, 2014, 12:10 am TWN
BEIJING–Four members of a Chinese rights movement went on trial Monday, a day after its founder was jailed in what has been seen as an escalating government crackdown on activists.
The proceedings bring the total number of New Citizens Movement members tried on charges of disrupting public order to 10, seven of them since last Wednesday in Beijing.
At least 20 members of the group, which is estimated to involve a few hundred people, have been detained over the past year.
At Monday’s trials three of the activists, Ding Jiaxi, Li Wei, and Zhang Baocheng dismissed their lawyers, the attorneys told AFP, in a move previous activists have used to delay proceedings for 15 days.
Four more China activists on trial in gov"t crackdown
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