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Yang Hengjun: Australian blogger decides against appealing his Chinese death sentence

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Yang Hengjun: Australian blogger decides against appealing his Chinese death sentence

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, with his family saying Wednesday a legal challenge would be detrimental to his welfare. Yang Hengjun was found guilty of espionage following a closed trial and sentenced two weeks ago to death with a … Read more

Yang Hengjun: Australia appalled at writer’s suspended death sentence

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Yang Hengjun: Australia appalled at writer’s suspended death sentence

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a China-born Australian democracy blogger on Monday. The Australian government, which has repeatedly raised his case over the years, said it was appalled. Yang Hengjun was found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang … Read more