China considers jail for human rights lawyer, arrest of journalist

Taipei [Taiwan], August 9 (ANI): Chinese prosecutors are deliberating whether to impose a jail sentence on human rights lawyer Lu Siwei and to arrest citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, as reported by US-based VOA News.

Human rights activists argue that these renewed campaigns against Lu and Zhang are a part of the broader campaign of the Chinese government to muffle voices of dissent, VOA News reported.

"Beijing is trying to