Fetching updates...Free Speech Watch: Liu Xiaobo on Trial in China
December 22, 2009
The herioc story of Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident who joined student-led protests in Beijing in 1989 and has spent several years in jail and detention during the decades since, now goes on trial yet again.
The Washington Post reports:
"The Chinese government has set Wednesday as the trial date for Liu Xiaobo, a dissident who has been in detention for more than a year for his role in writing Charter 08, a manifesto calling for political reform, human rights and an end to one-party rule."
Read some expressions of outrage and support for Liu Xiaobo over this fresh abuse from Human Rights Watch and Reporters without Borders.
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