pursuing political reforms, a Chinese court on Friday sentenced one of the country's best-known dissidents to 11 years in prison for subversion.Liu Xiaobo, 53, a former literature professor and a dogged critic of China's single-party political system, was detained in December 2008 after he helped draft a petition known as Charter 08 that demanded the right to free speech, open elections and the rule of law.
from The New York Times: Leading China Dissident Gets 11-Year Term for Subversion
also Reporters Without Borders: Eleven-year jail sentence for free speech activist Liu Xiaobo, court sneakily issues verdict on Christmas Day
also Reporters Without Borders: Charter 08: Translated from the Chinese by Perry Link (pdf)
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