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'100 Per Cent Sure It's China's Pressure,' Says Activist Denied Visa By India
Chinese activist Lu Jinghua, who alleges that she was about to board a flight to New Delhi at New York's JFK airport on Monday when she was told that her visa had been cancelled, says India is the first country to deny her entry after China.
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India's Modi Reverses Itself On Visa For Chinese Uighur
Patriotic chest-thumping over the weekend in India gave way to embarrassment and bitterness as the government made a very public U-turn on issuing a visa to Uighur dissident Dolkun Isa. He is the executive committee chairman of the World Uighur Congress, an organization that represents the Muslim minority in northwest China, and has been labeled a ...
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After Big Diplomatic Blunder, India Cancels Visa For Chinese Dissident: 10 Developments
India has withdrawn visa granted to a Chinese dissident leader after Beijing protested the move, calling him a terrorist.
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India Withdraws Visa To Chinese Dissident Leader After Beijing Protests
India has withdrawn the visa granted to a Chinese dissident after Beijing's strong protest, top government sources have said.
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China: 'Serious' Fallout If Washington Plaza Renamed For Jailed Dissident
China warned the United States on Tuesday it would face "serious consequences" if it renamed a stretch of street in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington after a jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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Blind Chinese activist, now in US, seeks book deal
Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng is planning to write a book about his life and his quest for human rights in his native country. Mr Chen has three goals, spokesman Matt Dorf said on Thursday: to spread his message for greater freedom in China, to help support his family and to raise money to contribute to human rights organizations.
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Brother of blind Chinese dissident escapes village
The older brother of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, who triggered a diplomatic row between Beijing and Washington has escaped his heavily guarded home and arrived in the capital Thursday, a rights lawyer said.
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Diplomatic standoff ends; Chinese dissident heads to US
A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
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China 'bars' blind dissident's family choice of lawyers
The nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has been denied his family's choice of lawyers to defend a charge of "intentional homicide" in what one said was an attempt to manipulate a case that has focused world attention on China's human rights.
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China court, in rare move, to hear dissident artist's lawsuit
A Chinese court has made an unusual decision to hear a lawsuit by dissident artist Ai Weiwei who accuses the government of violating the law by imposing a 15 million yuan tax evasion penalty on the company that markets his work.
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US Vice President Joe Biden says Chen's future is in United States
US Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the United States was ready to give blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng a visa "right away" and warned that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney would be weak on the international stage.
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China indicates will allow activist to leave soon: US
The United States said on Friday that China had indicated it would let blind activist Chen Guangcheng and his family leave the country soon, raising hopes of a resolution to a damaging diplomatic crisis.
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Who's staying away from Nobel peace ceremony
Around 20 countries including China have refused Norway's invitation to Friday's ceremony awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabao.Most have close ties to China, do not want to anger Beijing or have a tendency to take a hard line against their own dissidents.Those who have said they are staying away are Afghanistan, Alg...
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Who is Liu Xiaobo?
Liu Xiaobo is an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate who has been repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings. In October 2010 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of "his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China."Mr. Liu, perhaps China's best known d...
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Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honours Liu Xiaobo
Imprisoned in China and with close family members forbidden to leave the country, the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, his absence represented at the prize ceremony here on Friday by an empty chair. (Read: Who is Liu Xiaobo?)In Beijing, the Chinese authorities, who have been incensed by the choic...
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'100 Per Cent Sure It's China's Pressure,' Says Activist Denied Visa By India
Chinese activist Lu Jinghua, who alleges that she was about to board a flight to New Delhi at New York's JFK airport on Monday when she was told that her visa had been cancelled, says India is the first country to deny her entry after China.
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India's Modi Reverses Itself On Visa For Chinese Uighur
Patriotic chest-thumping over the weekend in India gave way to embarrassment and bitterness as the government made a very public U-turn on issuing a visa to Uighur dissident Dolkun Isa. He is the executive committee chairman of the World Uighur Congress, an organization that represents the Muslim minority in northwest China, and has been labeled a ...
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After Big Diplomatic Blunder, India Cancels Visa For Chinese Dissident: 10 Developments
India has withdrawn visa granted to a Chinese dissident leader after Beijing protested the move, calling him a terrorist.
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India Withdraws Visa To Chinese Dissident Leader After Beijing Protests
India has withdrawn the visa granted to a Chinese dissident after Beijing's strong protest, top government sources have said.
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China: 'Serious' Fallout If Washington Plaza Renamed For Jailed Dissident
China warned the United States on Tuesday it would face "serious consequences" if it renamed a stretch of street in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington after a jailed Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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Blind Chinese activist, now in US, seeks book deal
Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng is planning to write a book about his life and his quest for human rights in his native country. Mr Chen has three goals, spokesman Matt Dorf said on Thursday: to spread his message for greater freedom in China, to help support his family and to raise money to contribute to human rights organizations.
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Brother of blind Chinese dissident escapes village
The older brother of the blind Chinese activist, Chen Guangcheng, who triggered a diplomatic row between Beijing and Washington has escaped his heavily guarded home and arrived in the capital Thursday, a rights lawyer said.
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Diplomatic standoff ends; Chinese dissident heads to US
A blind Chinese legal activist was hurriedly taken from a hospital and put on a plane for the United States on Saturday, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
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China 'bars' blind dissident's family choice of lawyers
The nephew of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has been denied his family's choice of lawyers to defend a charge of "intentional homicide" in what one said was an attempt to manipulate a case that has focused world attention on China's human rights.
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China court, in rare move, to hear dissident artist's lawsuit
A Chinese court has made an unusual decision to hear a lawsuit by dissident artist Ai Weiwei who accuses the government of violating the law by imposing a 15 million yuan tax evasion penalty on the company that markets his work.
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US Vice President Joe Biden says Chen's future is in United States
US Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the United States was ready to give blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng a visa "right away" and warned that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney would be weak on the international stage.
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China indicates will allow activist to leave soon: US
The United States said on Friday that China had indicated it would let blind activist Chen Guangcheng and his family leave the country soon, raising hopes of a resolution to a damaging diplomatic crisis.
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Who's staying away from Nobel peace ceremony
Around 20 countries including China have refused Norway's invitation to Friday's ceremony awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiabao.Most have close ties to China, do not want to anger Beijing or have a tendency to take a hard line against their own dissidents.Those who have said they are staying away are Afghanistan, Alg...
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Who is Liu Xiaobo?
Liu Xiaobo is an impassioned literary critic, political essayist and democracy advocate who has been repeatedly jailed by the Chinese government for his writings. In October 2010 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of "his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China."Mr. Liu, perhaps China's best known d...
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Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honours Liu Xiaobo
Imprisoned in China and with close family members forbidden to leave the country, the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, his absence represented at the prize ceremony here on Friday by an empty chair. (Read: Who is Liu Xiaobo?)In Beijing, the Chinese authorities, who have been incensed by the choic...
