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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Hu Jia

Hu Jia stories: 3 news summaries

 A Few Other Nobel 
 Candidates 

Tireless campaigners for human rights, long-suffering Chinese dissidents among those passed over

Oct 9, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama himself said he was not sure he deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Weekly Standard seems to agree. Mary Katherine Ham invites you to consider some of the luminaries who were passed over:
  • Sima Samar: A Afghan women’s rights activist who kept
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Afghanistan • China • Barack Obama • FARC • Nobel Peace Prize • Ingrid Betancourt • Hu Jia • Congo • Wei Jingsheng • Handicap International • Cluster Munition Coalition • Denis Mukwege • Sima Samar

EU Honors Chinese Dissident, Enraging Beijing

Hu Jia is serving a prison sentence for 'subversion'

Oct 23, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A move by the European Parliament to award a major human-rights prize to a Chinese dissident has Beijing outraged on the eve of a summit on the economic crisis, the Telegraph reports. The government denounced as “gross interference in China's domestic affairs” news that the jailed Hu Jia had... More »

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China • human rights • prison • Nicolas Sarkozy • political prisoner • dissidents • Jose Manuel Barroso • Hu Jia • European Parliament • Sakharov Prize

 Chinese Rights Advocate Jailed 

EU, US slam China's handling of Hu Jia's case

Apr 3, 08 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top Chinese human-rights activist has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for writings and comments considered subversive, the New York Times reports. The case of Hu Jia, 34, been watched closely around the world; critics see it as part of a government crackdown on dissidents... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • sentencing • civil rights • human rights activists • Hu Jia • subversion • dissent

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