Brussels, 20/04/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 17 April, the European Union criticised China's sentencing the same day of journalist Gao Yu to seven years in prison, “despite the serious doubts that have been raised about the legal procedure”.
The sentence “highlights the situation faced by a number of Chinese human rights defenders, including journalists and bloggers, who have been prosecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression”, said the spokesperson for High...