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A well-known female Chinese #MeToo activist was sentenced to five years in prison for “subversion against the state”.

Friday saw the sentencing and conviction of Sophia Huang Xueqin, over ten months after her trial began.

Wang Jianbing, a labour activist who was tried alongside Ms. Huang, received a sentence of three years and six months in jail.

One of the most well-known voices in China’s #MeToo movement, Ms. Huang, 36, broke groundbreaking stories about victims of sexual abuse.

She had also made public the sexism and misogyny she encountered in Chinese newsrooms.

The accusations of subversion against the two have not been clarified by Chinese officials. The trial took place behind closed doors.

However, supporters of the group claim they were arrested because they regularly arranged gatherings and forums for young people to engage in social issue discussion.

When Ms. Huang was arrested at the airport in Guangzhou in 2021, she was her route to begin her master’s programme at the University of Sussex, which was financed by the UK government.

She was with Mr. Wang, forty, at the time.

Supporters claim that throughout their approximately 1,000-day pre-detention captivity, both of them suffered months of solitary confinement. The trial did not start until September 2023.

Both were being held in secret sites known as “black jails,” where they were subjected to solitary confinement, according to a BBC Eye investigation conducted in 2022.

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The campaign organisation Free Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing stated, “Their efforts and dedication to labour, women’s rights, and the broader civil society won’t be negated by this unjust trial, nor will society forget their contributions.”

“On the contrary, as oppression persists and injustice grows, more activists like them will continue to rise.”

The convictions were described as “malicious and totally groundless” by Amnesty International on Friday.

Sarah Brooks, the China director for Amnesty International, said, “[They] demonstrate just how afraid the Chinese government is of the new wave of activists who dare to speak out to protect the rights of others.”

“Although #MeToo campaign has given survivors of sexual assault a voice globally, in this instance, the Chinese government has attempted to do the exact opposite by outlawing it.