Published: May 2nd, 2023,
Last updated: May 2nd, 2023
The human rights situation in China has never been easy. And since Xi Jinping has held the reins of power, it has been even less so. That this assessment is not a random snapshot, but the result of a deliberate development, became apparent in the way the two civil rights activists Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong were treated. The two lawyers have to pay for their civil activism in accordance with the Chinese constitution, with prison sentences that are so long the question arises whether they will ever leave prison.