Summary: Chinese authorities are cracking down on activists they say are undermining the government. Several lawyers and professors are in court this week - facing charges like 'damaging national security' and 'harming social stability'. And the government says some of them have been trained and supported by Western governments, a charge to which a few defendants have confessed. But critics say those confessions were likely forced. And that trials this week have been unfairly closed to the public. Activists say it's a sweeping crackdown on dissent. Are they right? Presenter: Jane Dutton Einar Tangen - Political Affairs Analyst. Roseann Rife - East Asia Research Director at Amnesty International. Samantha Hoffman - Independent China Analyst and Research Consultant. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
