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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9583

19 January 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/china
Call for release of Chinese dissident Hu Jia

Strasbourg, 18/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution adopted on Thursday 17 January, the European Parliament firmly condemns the arrest of Hu Jia and demands his prompt release and that of all dissidents who have been arrested and jailed for crimes of opinion in China. It urges the Chinese authorities to guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of the human rights activist and former Sakharov Prize nominee, Mr Hu Jia, who was taken into police custody on 22...

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