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FILE - In this May 2, 2012, file photo, Human rights activist Jiang Tianyong speaks to journalists outside a hospital after his failed attempt to see a Chinese activist who is believed to be seeking treatment in Beijing, China. The wife of Jiang who recently completed a two-year prison sentence on national security charges says he has now returned to his parents’ home in central China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Chinese rights lawyer returns home after 2-year sentence

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FILE - In this May 2, 2012, file photo, human rights activist Jiang Tianyong speaks to journalists outside a hospital after his failed attempt to see blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who is believed to be seeking treatment in Beijing, China. The prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who defended politically-sensitive clients like blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng and followers of the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual group, has disappeared on the day he was scheduled to be released from prison after completing his two-year jail sentence Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Chinese rights lawyer disappears on prison release date

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2, 2012, file photo, human rights activist Jiang Tianyong speaks to journalists outside a hospital after his failed attempt to see blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who is believed to be seeking treatment in Beijing, China. A court in central China has sentenced Jiang to two years in prison Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, on the vague charge of inciting subversion of state power, the latest verdict to be handed down in a sweeping crackdown on activism. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China sentences prominent rights lawyer to 2 years in prison

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Legal scholar Xu Zhiyong (center) is met with other Chinese lawyers, including Mr. Jiang (right), in a Beijiing restaurant in July 2009. Later that month, Mr. Xu was detained on charges of tax evasion; the charges were dismissed a year later and he was freed. (Associated Press)

Activists vanishing in China

By Gillian Wong - Associated Press