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Arrested publisher Geng Xiaonan is paying the price for supporting me, says dissident law professor




Beijing prosecutors have arrested a prominent publisher who spoke out in defence of dissident academic Xu Zhangrun, her lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.Shang Baojun said prosecutors had formally approved the arrest of Geng Xiaonan last Wednesday.Her husband, Qin Zhen, was also detained by Beijing police last month, but the lawyer had no information about him.Shang said he was not able to comment further on Geng’s case as he has been warned by the authorities to not give interviews to foreign media…



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