Chinese dissident arrested
10 Dec 2008Author and dissident Liu Xiabao was arrested on Monday in Beijing. Liu, who is on the board of Chinese PEN, was among 300 intellectuals who signed the Charta 2008 declaration calling for democracy and widespread political reform in China. The campaign was launched on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and signatories include intellectuals and writers, as well as some local officials.
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