Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia in Beijing
Jane Macartney, China Correspondent, The Times/UK, Dec 26, 2009
China meted out its harshest punishment for subversion in two decades yesterday, sentencing the country’s leading dissident to 11 years in jail in a verdict that provoked international condemnation.
Liu Xiaobo, who organised a petition calling for political freedoms, stood silently in the No 1 Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing to hear the judge declare him guilty of “inciting subversion of state power”.
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International outcry after Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years
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Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia in Beijing
China meted out its harshest punishment for subversion in two decades yesterday, sentencing the country’s leading dissident to 11 years in jail in a verdict that provoked international condemnation.
Liu Xiaobo, who organised a petition calling for political freedoms, stood silently in the No 1 Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing to hear the judge declare him guilty of “inciting subversion of state power”.
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Tags: charges, Charter 08, human rights organizations, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo
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