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Chinese court upholds prominent scholar's 11-year punishment Cara Anna The Washington Post 02/11/2010	US and EU call for release of well-known Chinese dissident Tania Branigan The Guardian 02/11/2010
BEIJING -- A Chinese court upheld Thursday the unprecedented 11-year sentence given to a prominent scholar who had called for political reform, the latest in a string of harsh punishments for dissenters.	The US and European Union today renewed calls for the immediate release of high profile dissident Liu Xiaobo, as a Chinese court upheld his 11-year-sentence.
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Chinese dissident gets 11 years for subversion CARA ANNA The Washington Post 12/24/2009	Chinese intellectuals urge political activist's release 06/25/2009
BEIJING -- A Chinese court sentenced a prominent dissident to 11 years on Friday - the longest term ever handed down for subversion charges, according to rights groups that say it signals the government will take an increasingly hard line against activists in the year ahead.	Dozens of prominent Chinese writers and scholars have signed a petition calling for the release of veteran political activist Liu Xiaobo, who was arrested this week on charges of attempting to overthrow the country’s socialist system.
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China arrests leading Tiananmen Square dissident 06/24/2009
Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been formally arrested for subversion, state media reported, six months after he was detained in the wake of signing a pro-democracy charter.
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