Three Prominent Dissidents Are Detained
Chinese police briefly detained liberal author Yu Jie, democracy activist Liu Xiaobo and former Communist Youth League official Zhang Zuhua, friends and family members said, in what appeared to be part of an intensified government crackdown on intellectuals.
Yu, 31, is an essayist who once called on the Communist Party to remove Mao Tse-tung’s embalmed body from public display, and Liu, 49, is a well-known writer who has been jailed three times for criticizing the party. Zhang is an attorney who has offered legal assistance to writers who run into trouble because of their articles.
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