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China sentences rights activist to jail

Hu [Jia], one of China's most prominent human rights advocates, was given 3 1/2 years in prison for "inciting state subversion," said his lawyer, Li Fangping. The evidence against Hu included five Internet articles he wrote and two interviews he gave to foreign media, Li said.


Here we're not willing at all to risk our safety for the sake of freedom.

Land of the free. Home of the brave. They're just lies we sing to ourselves before ball games.

Posted by Panzo on April 3, 2008 2:14 PM |

Comments (3)

Aunt Edna:
The U.S. anti-war crowd doesn't celebrate freedom for Iraq; why does it care about freedom for Chinese ?

Posted by Aunt Edna | April 4, 2008 11:40 AM

Posted on April 4, 2008 11:40

Panzo:
Auntie, take a chill pill. That dog isn't in this fight and he's barking up the wrong tree.

Posted by Panzo | April 4, 2008 2:03 PM

Posted on April 4, 2008 14:03

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