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George Orwell’s classic novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” which describes a surveillance society, was first published 65 years ago. © Reuters
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Gao Zhisheng was released from Xijiang’s Shaya Prison on August 7, 2014. Image credit: rfa.org
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Liu Hu in an undated photo courtesy of Reporters Without Borders.
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Protesters gather near Sule Pagoda in downtown Rangoon during the nationwide pro-democracy uprising in 1988.
Exactly 26 years ago, on Aug 8, 1988, a popular democratic uprising took off in Rangoon that would sweep the country but end with a bloody crackdown by the Burma Army. In this article, which first appeared on Aug 8, 2012, participants in the uprising recall the heady days of revolt and its tragic ending. Continue reading
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BEIJING — Chinese dissident and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been released after spending three years in prison but authorities may severely restrict his freedom, his lawyer, friends and human rights activists said Thursday.
Gao, 50, has defended some of China’s most persecuted people. He was released Thursday after serving a sentence for “inciting subversion of state power,” a state security charge that Human Rights Watch, a New York-based group, says is often used against peaceful government critics. Continue reading
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By DIDI TANG — Aug. 2, 2013 11:33 PM EDT
U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Beijing. The United States is deeply concerned about what it sees as a deteriorating human rights situation in China, with relatives of activists increasingly being harassed and policies in ethnic areas becoming more repressive, senior U.S. diplomat Zeya said Friday. (AP Photo/Didi Tang)
U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya, left, speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Beijing. The United States is deeply concerned about what it sees as a deteriorating human rights situation in China, with relatives of activists increasingly being harassed and policies in ethnic areas becoming more repressive, senior U.S. diplomat Zeya said Friday. (AP Photo/Didi Tang)
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