Democracy activist Guo Quan was sentenced to ten years in prison for subversion of state power

China’s democracy activist Guo Quan was sentenced to ten years in prison for subversive activities against state power. The judgement was made on Friday at Suqian Court. Guo Quan’s family members showed their support to Guo Quan in interview after the court session.

Mr.Guo was a former associate professor and PhD candidate advisor at the Chinese Language and Culture School, Nanjing Normal University. He wrote an open letter to Chinese communist leadersHu Jintao and Wen Jiabao at the end of 2007, appealing to them to carry out a constitutional reform. In 2008, Guo Quan initiated and established the China New Democracy Party. He was arrested on 13th of November 2008 in the city of Nanjing, the police’s charge was “subversion of state power”.