Quotes of the Day

Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009

Open quoteHis actions[...]all deserve constitutional protection, but the Chinese government is used to putting the outspoken away.Close quote

  • TANG BIAO,
  • prominent Chinese human rights lawyer, speaking on Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident who was arrested for subversion after co-authoring a manifesto urging civil rights and political reform
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