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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10078

16 February 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china

15/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - The EU has called for the immediate release of leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned for “inciting subversion of state power”, whose 11-year sentence was upheld by a Beijing court last week. The Chinese authorities hold that he is one of the authors of the Charter 08, which calls for a democratic China. The EU believes that the court's rejection of Liu's appeal “is entirely incompatible with his right to freedom of expression”, EU High...

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