"Activists say a Chinese man has been detained on suspicion of subversion while handing out fliers about imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.
Many Liu supporters have reported police harassment, but the new case is more severe because a trial and prison sentence are possible.
Guo Xianliang is an engineer who writes online about democratic reform but is not a well-known activist. The China-based rights group China Human Rights Defenders said Wednesday he has not been in trouble before.
The rights group and fellow activist Ye Du said Guo disappeared Thursday while handing out fliers in the southern city of Guangzhou. They say police told his wife Tuesday he was being detained.
Police in Guangzhou had no immediate comment."
Aghhh! Also regarding this topic "According to London's Daily Mail, reports are surfacing that Chinese officials pressured judges into giving lower scores to [Miss World] competitor and early favorite, Norway's Mariann Birkedal. The article suggests that tensions between China and Norway, resulting from a controversial Nobel Peace Prize choice, led to the decision. Officials were upset that the Oslo-based Nobel Prize committee honored Liu Xiabobo, a democracy campaigner jailed in China, the Daily Mail reports. Birkedal made it to the top seven, but was cut before the top five."
According to London's Daily Mail, reports are surfacing that Chinese officials pressured judges into giving lower scores to competitor and early favorite, Norway's Mariann Birkedal. The article suggests that tensions between China and Norway, resulting from a controversial Nobel Peace Prize choice, led to the decision.
Officials were upset that the Oslo-based Nobel Prize committee honored Liu Xiabobo, a democracy campaigner jailed in China, the Daily Mail reports.
Birkedal made it to the top seven, but was cut before the top five."
Double Aghhh.
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