The wives of prominent Chinese rights lawyers Wang Qiaoling, Liu Ermin, Li Wenzu and Yuan Shanshan pose with petition letters they unsuccessfully tried to lodge at China's Supreme People's Court to protest their husband's treatment by the government in Beijing, China, December 17, 2018. [REUTERS/Thomas Peter]
The wives of four of China’s most prominent rights lawyers and activists shaved their heads on Monday in protest over what they called the “persecution” of their husbands by the government.