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China sentences lawyer who reported on outbreak to 4 years

| December 28, 2020 1:30 AM

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of “picking fights and provoking trouble," one of her lawyers said.

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