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Olympic prisoners: Chen Guangcheng

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Peter Terpstra

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Nov 5, 2009, 2:36:49 PM11/5/09
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Published on 31 July 2009

Chen Guangcheng : Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng is serving a prison sentence of
four years and three months in Linyi prison in Shandong province in southern
China. He was sentenced for bringing a law suit against the local authorities
in connection with a campaign of sterilisation and forced abortions. On the
eve of the Beijing Paralympics, the Chinese authorities blocked the mobile
phones of Chen’s associates and family members. This police action affected
the residents of his village and his lawyer, Li Fangping. Several foreign
journalists were prevented from meeting his family.

http://www.rsf.org/en-petition34043-Olympic_prisoners.html

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Amnesty International Report 2009 on China:
http://report2009.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-pacific/china

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