For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br />Follow us on Twitter ☛ http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision<br />Add us on Facebook ☛http://me.lt/9P8MUn<br /><br />The Chinese regime is putting one Internet activist behind bars for the next nine months. Wang Lihong was targeted by authorities because she stood up for a mother whose daughter was killed in a brothel supposedly under police protection back in 2010.<br /><br />Chinese rights activist Wang Lihong was sentenced to nine months in jail on Friday. It's a case that has drawn condemnation from critics who see her as a victim of the Communist Party's crackdown on Internet-spread dissent.<br /><br />Fifty-five-year-old Wang, a fervent blogger, was found guilty of "stirring up trouble." The charge was based on a protest in 2010, when she demonstrated outside a court in eastern China where three people stood trial for criticizing an official.<br /><br />Heavy security outside the northwest Beijing court on Friday kept the number of supporters down, though the initial hearing drew many more.<br /><br />Wang's son, Qi Jianxiang , was allowed to enter the courtroom, but representatives from the European Union delegation and other embassies were turned away.<br /><br />Addressing foreign and Hong Kong media after the verdict, Qi said his mother had not accepted the verdict, and the family would appeal.<br /><br />[Qi Jianxiang, Wang Lihong's Son]:<br />"She said, 'I think you all know that I'm innocent', and the judge said 'Well, we have a different understanding,' and my mother said she wants to send her regards to the Internet."<br /><br />Much of Wang's activism has taken place online.<br /><br />Wang's lawyer said the sentence was "relatively light" compared to the maximum of five years' jail that the court could have given.<br /><br />But Wang's son said she should never have been sentenced at all.
