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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9806

18 December 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china

17/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Union expresses its grave concern at the arrest of Mr Liu Xiaobo and other human rights activists the day before the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the French EU Presidency states in a declaration on Wednesday 17 December. The text, which was unusually dry and concise, adds that Mr Liu Xiaobo is one of the 303 signatories of the 2008 Charter which calls on China to continue political reform. The European Union hopes...

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