BEIJING: Two prominent Chinese political activists went on trial Friday for helping to organise small-scale protests against censorship, their lawyer said, the latest prosecution in a deepening government crackdown on dissent.

Guo Feixiong and Sun Desheng both face possible five-year prison sentences for their attempts to raise awareness of press freedom and human rights, their lawyer Li Jinxing told AFP.

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