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Thursday, April 15, 2004 |
CHINESE DISSIDENTS SAID TO BE SUFFERING IN JAIL [RFA]
China’s political prisoners, many of whom are serving lengthy jail terms for trying to start a political party using legal channels, are subject to neglect, malnourishment, and ill-treatment inside the country’s jails, a group of activists has written to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, RFA’s Mandarin service reports. A group of activists from the outlawed China Democracy Party (CDP) issued an open letter to Cheney and his Chinese counterpart Zeng Qinghong at the start of Cheney’s two-day visit to Beijing, which is expected to focus on Taiwan, North Korea, Iraq, and economic and trade relations. [more]
. 10:35:21 AM 
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VIETNAM SENDS MORE FORCES TO CENTRAL HIGHLAND [RFA]
Vietnam has sent more security forces to two central Vietnam highland provinces where ethnic minority protests erupted over the weekend, RFA’s Vietnamese service reports. The additional troops are being billeted with local residents and no pullout date has been given, according to Vietnamese sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. They said the decision to send more security forces was made by central government officials on Sunday. [more]
Google It!. 10:33:30 AM
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China's Dissidents Turning Homeward. With the passage of time memories of cataclysmic events like Tiananmen Square 1989, Gulja 1997 and countless others of the 80's and 90's in China have begun to fade. Those in exile from China's oppression in countless countries around the world are now showing the effects of age and family responsibility. Too busy many with the daily grind of life to "man the barricades" with the zeal and [China Letter : News-Human Rights-Government-Economy-Law]
. 10:28:36 AM
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