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Topic started on 24-10-2008 @ 12:12 AM by Jazzyguy

Chinese Dissident Hu Wins EU Prize in Snub to Beijing (Update1)


www.bloomberg.com
Chinese dissident Hu Jia won the European Parliament's top human rights prize, in a snub to the Beijing government that may strain relations between Europe and China.

A campaigner for civil rights and environmental cleanup, Hu was jailed for 3 1/2 years after testifying to European lawmakers in November 2007. He beat two other finalists for the prize, named for the late Soviet dissenter Andrei Sakharov.
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