Fearing secret trial, activists' friends protest China court
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TIANJIN, China (AP) — Around two dozen supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and three activists charged with subversion protested outside a northern city court Monday amid widespread concerns that authorities were holding their trials in secret.