One of China's best-known human rights lawyers has been
given a three-year suspended jail term for subverting state power.
Li Heping was sentenced in a closed-door trial, Chinese
state media say.
He has defended other prominent lawyers, including Chen
Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng, as well as practitioners of the banned Falun Gong
movement.
A representative of campaign group Amnesty International
questioned the validity of the allegations against Li.
The lawyer was detained in 2015 as part of a wider
government crackdown on dissent under President Xi Jinping.
His trial took place in the Tianjin City Number Two
Intermediate People's Court and concerned state secrets, the court said on its
Weibo social media account.
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