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No news from Wukan: protests are far from an isolated anomaly
www.opendemocracy.net
[Open Democracy] - In December authorities also sentenced dissident activists Chen Xi and Chen Wei to 9 and 10 years of imprisonment respectively. And just as was celebrated as the year of Weibo, a Chinese version of Twitter where netizens exchange more critical
Google News: China: Christmas crackdown again activists continues
[IEWY News] - On 23 December, a court sentenced another prominent activist, Chen Wei, to nine years in prison for writing and distributing essays critical of the Communist Party. On 26 December, activist Chen Xi was sentenced to 10 years in prison for forming a
Guardian: Chinese human rights activist denies fraud as her trial in Beijing begins
[The Guardian] - A court in Sichuan province sentenced the Tiananmen Square student leader Chen Wei to nine years in prison for publishing online essays critical of the Communist party. And, on 26 December, Chen Xi got 10 years in prison for publishing online essays
China in chains
www.telegraph.co.uk
[Telegraph.co.uk] - The latest victims are Chen Xi and Chen Wei, both signatories of Charter 08, which called for political reform. On Boxing Day they were sentenced respectively to 10 and nine years in prison for subversion. Yesterday, it was announced that two other
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