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Chinese dissident Liu formally arrested

Chinese cyclists wait at a red light in front of Tiananmen Square's North Rostrum, featuring a giant painting of former chairman Mao Zedong, one day after the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre in central Beijing on June 5, 2009. Beijing remains on virtual lockdown. Key foreign news Web sites are being blocked and police have blanketed the vast square where a still-undetermined number of pro-democracy activists were killed in a violent clash with the military June 4, 1989. Journalists were kept away from the square. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)

Chinese cyclists wait at a red light in front of Tiananmen Square's North Rostrum, featuring a giant painting of former chairman Mao Zedong, one day after the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre in central Beijing on June 5, 2009. Full Article at United Press International

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  1. This use of state security charges to punish activists for merely expressing their views must stop
    SOURCE: The New York Times 5 months ago
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