article_snippet.sent: Beijing (CNN)Amid tight security, a Chinese court has convicted veteran journalist Gao Yu for revealing state secrets and sentenced veteran journalist Gao Yu to seven years in prison.
article_snippet.sent: Gao, 71, immediately said veteran journalist Gao Yu would appeal, Mo told CNN Friday.
article_snippet.sent: After a closed trial last November, the No. 3 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing had twice delayed handing down a verdict, giving Gao's supporters some hope that the authorities' apparent hesitation may lead to veteran journalist Gao Yu acquittal and release.
article_snippet.sent: Today's conviction is mainly based on a forced confession that veteran journalist Gao Yu had since retracted," Mo said.
article_snippet.sent: This is a totally wrong judgment that doesn't respect the facts or the evidence.
article_snippet.sent: Mo, Her lawyer, said the authorities had extracted her "confession" on national television by threatening Her son's safety and released the police video to CCTV without Her knowledge.
article_snippet.sent: Her was imprisoned for another six years for leaking state secrets in 1993 -- though the government has never disclosed details of that case.