article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Last month Wu Rongrong was taken into custody for planning to protest on International Women's Day against sexual harassment in China.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, the Chinese authorities have formally detained Maya Wang and four other activists for "creating disturbances.
article_snippet.sent: the Chinese authorities also briefly detained some of four other activists supporters, raided a prominent nongovernmental organization that called for the Chinese authorities release, and have at points denied some of the women access to medical treatment, lawyers and adequate rest.
article_snippet.sent: The fate of the five will be revealed by April 13, as the five case reaches the legal time limit when the five must either be released or "formally arrested," which almost always leads to conviction in China's legal system.
article_snippet.sent: As China prepares to mark the anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September, it will be harder for the authorities to justify detaining these activists.
highlights_snippet.sent: Maya Wang: 5 women held by China authorities after planning International Women's Day protests on sex harassment remain detained .
  