Score One for the EU

The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Chinese activist Hu Jia.  I'm embarrassed to say I know very little about his work, but the fact the the Europeans defied Chinese pressure to ignore him is enough for me to cheer about.

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Posted by sursumcorda on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 5:17 pm | Edit
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