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Future murky for China dissident freed from prison
An activist who criticized China response to a 2008 earthquake was released from prison Friday but says he's unsure if he'll be kept under house arrest as other freed activists have been.Huang Qi, 48, said officials took away his notebooks and warned him not to become involved with other dissidents or leave his home too often. He was released from a prison in Dazhu city and said eight men in two police
An activist who criticized China response to a 2008 earthquake was released from prison Friday but says he's unsure if he'll be kept under house arrest as other freed activists have been.Huang Qi, 48, said officials took away his notebooks and warned him not to become involved with other dissidents or leave his home too often. He was released from a prison in Dazhu city and said eight men in two police
Cuba court sentences 4 dissidents to jail terms
A Cuban court has sentenced four little-known dissidents to jail terms for public disorder and disrespecting authority.
A Cuban court has sentenced four little-known dissidents to jail terms for public disorder and disrespecting authority.
5 IRA dissidents arrested, Belfast bomb defused
Northern Ireland police say they have arrested five suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents after British army experts defused a pipe bomb in Belfast.
Northern Ireland police say they have arrested five suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents after British army experts defused a pipe bomb in Belfast.
Ukraine: Weather forecaster stirs political storm
A weather forecaster for Ukrainian state radio has caused something of a storm herself by veering from meteorological to political observations.
A weather forecaster for Ukrainian state radio has caused something of a storm herself by veering from meteorological to political observations.
Cuba: Autopsy, family say dissident wasn't beaten
Cuba's official media says a medical examiner and relatives of late dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto insist he died of natural causes and showed no sign of being beaten.
Cuba's official media says a medical examiner and relatives of late dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto insist he died of natural causes and showed no sign of being beaten.
Cuba denies police beat dissident who later died
Cuba on Monday strongly denied claims that police beat an ailing dissident who died two days later, with authorities saying the opposition version of events was a deliberate attempt to malign the
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