China: Would-Be Olympics Protester Ji Sizun Jailed
16 Jan 2009 22:03:18 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
<p>(New York, January 16, 2009) - The Chinese government should immediately exonerate and release imprisoned grassroots legal defender Ji Sizun, Human Rights Watch said today. Ji's efforts to protest during the 2008 Beijing Olympics reportedly resulted in a three-year prison term, handed down on January 7, 2009, for "forging official seals and documents."</p>
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