 In 2007 , a 54 @-@ year @-@ old farmer in Heilongjiang Yang Chunlin published numerous articles on human rights and land rights , and helped to organise a petition entitled : " We want human rights , not the Olympics . " The petition reportedly collected over ten thousand signatures . Yang was put to trial , and sentenced to five years in prison , where he has allegedly been tortured . Li Fangping was hired to defend him , but was denied access to his client . 
