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BEIJING ? A Chinese court sentenced a veteran democracy activist Friday to nine years' imprisonment for inciting subversion, in what appears to be the most severe punishment handed down in a crackdown on dissent this year.
Chen Wei was convicted of incitement to subversion over four essays he wrote and published online, said one of his lawyers. He was detained in February amid an extensive government crackdown in response to anonymous online calls urging Chinese to imitate protests in North Africa and the Middle East.
Attorney Liang Xiaojun said the trial at a court in the city of Suining in southwestern China lasted about two and a half hours and that the sentence was handed down 30 minutes after the trial concluded.
"We pleaded not guilty. He only wrote a few essays. We presented a full defense of the case, but we were interrupted often, and none of what we said was accepted by the court," Liang said.
Liang said that after the sentence was handed down, Chen said: "I protest, I am innocent. The governance of democracy must win, autocracy must die."
Chen's wife Wang Xiaoyan denounced the punishment.
"He is innocent and the punishment was too harsh. The court did not allow him to defend himself and he was completely deprived of his right to free speech," Wang said by phone from Suining. "What's wrong with a person freely expressing his ideas?"
Chen, 42, previously served time for participating in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing, where he was attending college. In 1994, Chen was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement," according to the court indictment for his subversion charge.
Friday's sentence handed down to Chen appears to be the heaviest penalty meted out in relation to this year's crackdown, said Wang Songlian, a researcher with the Hong Kong-based advocacy group, Chinese Human Rights Defenders.
"This severe punishment against an activist, caught up in the Jasmine crackdown, shows how the Chinese government's nerves are still jittery," said Wang, the Hong Kong researcher.
"All its latest moves, its attempts to control its microblogs, its crackdown on activists, show it is increasing tightening on freedom of expression and other civil liberties," she said.
Others rounded up in this year's crackdown who have been punished include Beijing activist Wang Lihong, who was sentenced to nine months in jail in September for staging a protest on behalf of other activists, and Yang Qiuyu, a Beijing activist who was sentenced to two years of re-education through labor.
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Britney Spears' engagement last week was welcome news to millions of fans and celebrities alike, drawing praise from the likes of 50 Cent and even K-Fed.
Jason Alexander, however, does not approve.
Back in 2004, Brit's childhood friend personified the term 15 minutes of fame ... though it was more like 55 hours. They got married on a whim in Vegas.
Their union was annulled less than three days later, but Jason Alexander likely got it in at least once - and continues to throw in his two cents about Brit.
In short, he's not a fan of Jason Trawick.
"I know everyone wants me to be happy about this, but I am not," Alexander, who is now in training for the World of MMA fighting competition (apparently), told Us.
"I think it's fake and I think people are afraid to say it."
"If you look at all the pictures between them there is no connection. They look like they are going through the motions. It seems like a answer to the court thing."
The singer is currently under the conservatorship of her father Jamie Spears, and Trawick, who once served as the star's agent, meets Jamie's stamp of approval.
"Sort of a nice way to sew it all up; [Britney] marries her handler," Alexander sniped. "That way she always has someone controlling her. It's really sort of sad."
Or you're really sort of bitter. Somehow we doubt he has much contact with Spears these days, has met Jason Trawick, or has any clue what he's talking about.
Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/12/jason-alexander-on-britney-spears-engagement-not-a-fan/
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