BEIJING – Rio once joined his friend, jailed Chinese #MeToo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin, for weekly group discussions on social issues and shared struggles. He now worries about how she will navigate life after prison.
Huang, a journalist, has been behind bars since 2021, when she and labor activist Wang Jianbing were detained for co-organizing those meetings, among other charges.
A Chinese court sentenced Huang to five years in prison, saying in 2024 that the pair had “incited participants’ dissatisfaction with Chinese state power under the pretext of discussing social issues.”
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