China Releases Cyber Dissident

Ridgelift writes "Reuters UK has the story on the release of three 'cyber dissidents' just one week before a trip by visit by Premier Wen Jiabao to the United States. One of the dissidents, 23-year-old Liu Di, aka the 'Stainless Steel Mouse,' had been detained since November 2002. She wrote political satire about the ruling Communist Party and posted messages in Internet chatrooms calling for the release of online dissidents. She was never formally charged, but kept at Qincheng Prison for over a year."

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Re:fp

[PaperMCSE]

what a complete waste of an fp - you should be ashamed. you could have at least had something paste-ready. next time, try harder.

The album was good

[3.5 stripes]

But Kool Keith is a right dick

Re:It's called compare and contrast (ie, not OT)

[GMontag]

Ahem, which "spirit of the convensions" is not being followed?

Granted, the Geneva bits about summary executions NOT prohibited for spies is being completely skipped, but I am quite lost as to what your complaint is in regards to the US treatment of illegal combatants.