Thursday, November 18, 2010

China sentences woman to labor camp for twitter post

Eleven days after a Chinese woman retweeted a twitter post that mocked Chinese protesters who smashed Japanese products and suggested that they also smash the Japanese Pavillion at the Shanghi World Expo, she and her fiance were taken away by the Police. Hua Chunhui was arrested at his job but was released 5 days later. His fiance, the one responsible for the twitter post, was arrested that same day except she still has not been released and Hua has not seen her since then. The arrest was made eleven days after October 17. 46 year old Chen Jianping was sentenced to one year in Henan Province Labor Camp for "disturbing social stability." It was reported the she also supported Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo on Twitter. Her lawyers are in the process of appealing her case believing no one should be put in jail for their sarcastic words.

Find this article at cnn.com
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