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.
posted by sursumcorda on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 05:17 PM
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