by Robert J. Saiget
BEIJING (AFP) – China‘s ruling Communist Party has intensified a crackdown on dissent ahead of a crucial political meeting next week and is likely to do the same in the lead-up to next year’s Beijing Olympics, rights groups said Thursday
Two of China’s leading democracy campaigners, Yao Lifa and Lu Banglie, went missing in recent days as part of security operations ahead of the party’s five-yearly Congress, which opens Monday, Chinese Human Rights Defenders said.
Several other dissidents in Beijing have also been put into police custody ….
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