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Human rights activist freed in China
Sep 9, 2010, 12:38 GMT
Beijing - Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng was freed Thursday after serving more than four years in prison, human rights groups said.
The blind, self-taught lawyer was released from Linyi City Prison in the coastal province of Shandong.
His wife was under surveillance and house arrest while Cheng was in jail and the authorities intend to continue this treatment on his return home, Human Rights Watch said, citing local officials.
Cheng, 38, was convicted of intentional damage of public property and gathering people to block traffic.
He was sentenced to four years and three months in jail in 2006 after filing a lawsuit against Linyi city over forced abortions and sterilizations used in implementing the country's one-child policy.
He also helped farmers and other disabled people in their legal cases.
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