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Elderly Women Ordered into Re-education for Protest in China
timesonline.co.uk — Two elderly women who applied five times to demonstrate in China ’s Olympic protest parks against the demolition of their homes have been ordered to serve one year of re-education through labour, a human rights group said. It is the toughest penalty to be reported, following a government announcement protests in three Beijing parks are allowed.
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- popololo11, on 08/20/2008, -0/+4Lest we forget China is a despicable authoritarianism.
- ozymandias2012, on 08/20/2008, -0/+6"...the two elderly women each received a document from the city authorities ordering them to serve one year of re-education through labour – an administrative punishment that does not require any judicial process..."
Such a warm and fuzzy government they have over there. Definitely one that deserves the prestige and glory of the Olympics.- IphtashuFitz, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3No kidding. Didn't the International Olympic Committee pick Beijing in hopes that it would pressure China to open up a little? So much for that idea...
- IphtashuFitz, on 08/20/2008, -1/+2Damn I'm glad I live in a free democratic country. I feel terrible for these women.
- herozero, on 08/21/2008, -0/+1I hope you were in a free-speech-zone when you said that.
- whiterice0, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Yeah, right. And the next thing you're going to try to tell me is that all those 10- and 12-year-old girls on their gymnastics team that are so cute were sold to the government when they were 3 or something.
- chinauprising, on 08/21/2008, -0/+214 http://digg.com/olympics/5_Chinese_Censor_Slips_So ...
- chinauprising, on 08/20/2008, -0/+3Security police have not allowed a single protest to take place in any of Beijing's three designated protest locations.. Look in the crouds and imagine how many are police in street clothes
- Caligatio, on 08/20/2008, -0/+2I find it incredible that those that actually wished to *legally* protest the government are still penalized for trying to do so. It's one thing to have designated protest areas FAR from the Olympic games but to also punish those applying for permits to protest somewhere that no one will see... come on now
- Rich711, on 08/20/2008, -1/+1So, the Democrat convention protesters who get violent are going to be held overnight in a warehouse without air conditioning!!! And no permanent toilets only port-a-potties, PORT-A-POTTIES!!!!! Welcome to AmeiKKKa!!!!
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