Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Supporters Rally at Trial
- By Bill Ide
Outside the Beijing courtroom where prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang is being tried, authorities on Monday harassed journalists and pushed around a small group of protesters and foreign diplomats who’d come to support him. Pu faces up to eight years in prison for social media postings criticizing the Communist Party and its policies. VOA's Bill Ide reports on the case drawing rebukes from rights groups and western governments.