China's Rights Worsening

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China's Rights Worsening

Postby Cotton Over Steel » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:47 pm

China's Rights Worsening

'Locke told Rose that the human rights "climate has always ebbed and flowed in China, up and down, but we seem to be in a down period and it's getting worse."

He said Chinese leaders were afraid they could face a wave of protests similar to the uprisings that toppled governments in the Middle East and North Africa last year.

Chinese authorities have used disappearances, house arrest, lengthy prison terms and other means to prevent activists from drawing inspiration from the Arab Spring protests that unseated autocrats in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya.

Last month, two longtime democracy and rights activists, Chen Wei and Chen Xi, were separately sentenced by courts in southern and central China to nine and 10 years in prison for posting essays on the Internet that the government '

From: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wir ... e-15375825

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The US ambassador to Beijing said that China's human rights record was deteriorating as its communist rulers feel threatened in the wake of pro-democracy uprisings across the Middle East.

"The human rights climate has always ebbed and flowed in China, up and down, but we seem to be in a down period and it's getting worse," Ambassador Gary Locke told "The Charlie Rose Show" on US public television.

Locke pointed to China's detentions of dissidents, lawyers and other perceived critics since the onset of the "Arab Spring" which toppled authoritarian leaders in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia last year.

"The Chinese leaders are very fearful of something similar happening within China," Locke said.

"So there's been a significant crackdown on dissension, political discussion, even the rights and the activities of lawyers who advocate on behalf of people who have been poisoned from tainted food and medicines."

The ambassador was back in Washington for consultations ahead of a visit next month by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who is widely expected to take the helm of the rising Asian power in early 2013.'

From: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-ambassador- ... 14294.html
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