SpaceDaily.com article
Beijing (AFP) - Dec 09, 2003
"Internet dissident Yan Jun, 32, has been sentenced to two years in prison on a subversion charge for posting essays online calling for change, including a free press and free expression, his family said Monday."
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"We call on Bush to pressure Wen Jiabao to open up the Internet, allow religious freedom and allow workers to set up independent unions," the Center's director Frank Lu said in a statement.
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I doubt China will ever listen with sincerity to President Bush's request of human rights and freedom of speech. It will take world wide pressure which probably won't happen for the same reasons some didn't want to upset Iraq.
Most likely freedom of speech and human rights reform will have to come within.
SteveS
Internet Dissident Sentenced To Two Years In Prison In North China
