Hong Kong (CNN) A Chinese court on Monday sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four years and six months in prison for subversion of state power.

Wang, who has languished in detention for more than three and half years, was one of hundreds of lawyers and activists rounded up as part of a nationwide crackdown on political and religious dissent in July 2015.

Many were released after questioning, but several have been handed lengthy prison terms.

The Tianjin Number 2 Intermediate People's Court announced the verdict in a one-sentence statement on its website.

On top of his prison sentence, the court ruled Wang will be "deprived of political rights" for five years, meaning he can't hold any government-related jobs, can't vote and has no freedom of speech, protest or publication.

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