China's human rights lawyer quarantines source after prison sentence 18:36 on April 5 due to infection control
Five years ago, human rights lawyers and others were detained all at once in China. A lawyer who gained international attention and was detained for a long time without knowing the safety of him was sentenced to prison on the 5th. However, lawyers appear to be quarantined because of measures to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus, and families are increasingly concerned that authorities may continue to be monitored.
In China, since July 2015, more than 300 human rights lawyers have been interrogated or detained by police, of which Mr. Wang Jianzhang has not been granted access to a lawyer commissioned by his family, and it is unclear The case was held for more than three years without trial, and concerns were raised by the international community.
Mr. Wang had been sentenced to jail for four years and six months in prison for overthrowing the nation in January last year, but according to his family, he was sentenced to five days on prison. And that they were contacted.
However, Chinese officials have said that Mr Wang needs to be quarantined because of measures against the new coronavirus, and his family could not welcome him.
Wang's wife, Lee Wen-feet, commented in an interview with NHK that he said, "It is unacceptable to confine her husband on the pretext of fighting infectious diseases."