A Chinese court, citing inadequate evidence, overturned the guilty verdict of a blind activist who was sentenced to more than four years in prison after documenting claims of forced abortions, his lawyer said Wednesday. Chen Guangcheng was convicted in August of damaging property and "organizing a mob to disturb traffic" after a trial in the eastern province of Shandong. His case has drawn international attention by human rights activists as an example of what they say is official retaliation and unjust imprisonment of dissidents based on phony charges. The Linyi City Intermediate Court overturned the sentence on Monday and sent it back to the lower court, Li Jingsong, one of Chen's lawyers, said in a telephone interview. ...
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