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| China sends rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to prison | China sends rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to prison |
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| Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sent back to jail for three years, state media reports say. | Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sent back to jail for three years, state media reports say. |
| A Beijing court on Friday cancelled the lawyer's probation saying that he had seriously violated probation rules, the Xinhua news agency said. | A Beijing court on Friday cancelled the lawyer's probation saying that he had seriously violated probation rules, the Xinhua news agency said. |
| Mr Gao went missing at the beginning of 2009 but resurfaced briefly in 2010 saying he had been tortured. | |
| An outspoken critic of the government, he worked for the rights of some of China's most vulnerable people. | An outspoken critic of the government, he worked for the rights of some of China's most vulnerable people. |