Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Great Regulars: Qin [Yongmin], 57, ignored warnings following

his release that he should keep a low profile, publishing an open letter to President Hu Jintao in which he called for the release of jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo.

He also released a statement saying that the now-banned China Democracy Party (CDP) he helped found was "the future," in spite of being warned by police not to write any more articles.

Liu Xiaoxuan, brother of Liu Xiaobo, said Chinese New Year is a time when families want to be together, though he has been denied permission to visit his brother in jail.

from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: No Festive Cheer for Dissidents

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