Sunday, March 4, 2012

Chinese court rejects activist appeal for protest

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court has rejected an activist's appeal of her nine-month jail term for staging a noisy protest.

The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of Wang Lihong for creating a disturbance when she helped lead a protest on behalf of three bloggers accused of slander.

A retired businesswoman, Wang became outraged at officials' …

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