Two Women Sentenced to ‘Re-education’ in China

An interesting and revealing article in The New York Times about disturbing human rights violations and the suppression of freedom of speech in China.

Two elderly Chinese women have been sentenced to a year of “re-education
through labor” after they repeatedly sought a permit to demonstrate in one of
the official Olympic protest areas, according to family members and human rights
advocates.

The women, Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77, had made five visits to
the police this month in an effort to get permission to protest what they
contended was inadequate compensation for the demolition of their homes in
Beijing.

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