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Chinese environmental activist jailed

Posted at 3:21 PM on 03 Apr 2008

Chinese activist Hu Jia, a high-profile campaigner for human rights, religious freedom, and environmental protection, has been convicted of "inciting subversion of state power and the socialist system" and will be jailed for three-and-a-half years.

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Favored status?

Years ago China was given most favored nation status by the U.S. and that was at a time when China's human rights stance was just as bad as it is today.What is with that? Oh,maybe it is about the money.We have multibillion dollar loans out to China,so that we can fund the war in Iraq.While at the same time we say that we are saving the world from terrorist in Iraq.Yeah,there are terrorist in Iraq,now!
If you mean what you say and say what you mean.Then China should be held accountable for their human rights trampling and should have to pay,economically,at least.Revoke most favored nation status.Yeah,right! We are owned by China.They just haven't called the loans in yet.

Why not ask why!?

by usandthem at 10:41 AM on 05 Apr 2008

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