« Home | EU eyes ``broad nuclear partnership agreement with... » | France berates China over sentencing of dissident » | Europe: EU criticizes Chinese dissident's sentence... » | Dollar's Slide Against Euro Continues » | China's Christmas Gift to the World: International... » | Poor Security Controls at Schiphol Airport did not... » | Will Russia save the West » | Eurostar violates safety procedures says Euro tunn... » | Christmas around the world » | Christmas 2009 - the reason for the season » 

Dec 27, 2009 

UN Condemns The Imprisonment Of Chinese Dissident

"The UN human rights commissioner on Friday strongly condemned the 11-year prison term awarded to a prominent Chinese dissident.

'The conviction and extremely harsh sentencing of Liu Xiabo mark a further severe restriction on the scope of freedom of expression in China,' UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said. Pillay termed the imprisonment as the latest example of a crackdown on human rights in China."

For complete report goto: UN Condemns The Imprisonment Of Chinese Dissident

Labels: , , ,

|

Links to this post

Create a Link

About us

EU-Digest, a free service of Europe House, provides news highlights and links to European related news reports on economic, social and political issues. Europe House reserves the right to deny any comments or articles it finds irrelevant. The information published in EU-Digest does not necessarily reflect the viewpoint or the opinion of Europe House.

Subscribe

To subscribe enter your Email


Powered by FeedBlitz

Tell a friend


Eurobarometer

European Weather - Amsterdam

Click for Amsterdam, Netherlands Forecast

For information on placing your advertising link click here.

Official PayPal Seal

Search

Google



Archives

Powered by Blogger
and Blogger Templates



Subscribe in NewsGator Online
Add to GoogleAdd to My AOL
Subscribe in BloglinesSubscribe in FeedLounge
Add EU-Digest to Newsburst from CNET News.com
BLOGGER


Get Firefox!