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Communist China: Dissident writer Liu Xiaobo held after sentence ends

(Communist China) Dissident writer held after sentence ends
— “Liu Xiaobo remains in custody in an undisclosed location in Beijing, in violation of China’s criminal law”
— “Mr Liu, 53, was taken away by police on December 8, a day before the publication of the Charter ’08 document that he co-authored with more than 300 intellectuals appealing for a new constitution, human rights, elections, freedom of religion and expression and an end to the Communist Party’s hold over the military, courts and government”