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Chinese activist formally charged

Mr Liu has been a political activist for more than two decades One of China's most prominent political activists has been formally charged with inciting subversion. Full Article at BBC News

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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
  2. This seems to be quite a silly way for the authorities to deal with Liu Xiaobo, who after all doesn't have any real political threat to authorities except for the fact that he has articulated positions regarding human rights
    SOURCE: Al Jazeera 5 months ago
  3. When you jail the most prominent intellectual dissident of the country, whose writing activities had effectively been tolerated for many years, it sends an unambiguous signal of political hardening
    SOURCE: The New York Times 5 months ago
  4. We believe that Liu Xiaobo has done nothing but exercise his right to freedom of expression and in no circumstances should he have been arrested
    SOURCE: Taiwan News 5 months ago
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