Excerpted from Moose Jaw Times-Herald:
"This sentence is indefensible from a legal perspective, because using peaceful and rational means to petition cannot be considered subversion of state power," Guo's lawyer, Guo Lianhui, told Human Rights in China. "Subversion of state power can only be achieved by armed insurrection."
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- “Democracy Activist Gets Ten Years for “Subversion of State Power,” October 16, 2009.