Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng Released After 3-Year Sentence for Inciting Subversion

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Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was released from prison in Jiangsu on April 13, 2026, after completing a three-year sentence for 'inciting subversion of state power'. He was arrested in April 2023 with his wife, Xu Yan, while en route to meet an EU delegation; Xu was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months. Yu had previously represented lawyers from the '709 Crackdown'.