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China Sentences 2 Aged Women to 'Re-education'

Pair, nearly 80, face forced labor for attempt at housing protest

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2008 8:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Officials in Beijing had promised that Chinese could hold demonstrations during the Olympics, so long as they applied for permission. But of 77 applications, none have been approved—and now, writes the New York Times, two old women upset about the small compensation for the...   Read full story »

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