has seen more than 300 human rights activists, lawyers and journalists rounded up >>> talking to william nee, a chinese researcher with amnesty international. we don't often here amnesty use the word "positive", in the same sentence when talking about human rights in china. this verdict won't have harmed china's image, will it. >> yeah. i mean, we don't often heard the word "positive", in relation to chine appear and human rights. that's because there is a crack down going on right now in china, across the board. this summer over 250 lawyers were rounded up and detained, 25 are still in detention. there has been a crack down on labor rights activists and currently there are about six who are in criminal detention. given this context, it's that many people are worried that the famous lawyer might get eight years. so the fact that he has been found guilty but given a suspended sentence is a good, a slightly positive given the context, but it's important to indicate he should never have been detained. he committed no crime. the evidence they had against him was very flimsy and probably most wor