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Monday, January 21, 2013

Human Rights Defenders

高智晟獄中獲准見家人 (Imprisoned Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Permitted Family Visit)
Ming Pao, January 19, 2013
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/20130119/-9-2875688/1.html

For an interview with Gao's wife Geng He on the visit, see:
狱中高智晟在严控下12日获准见家人
'A Stage-Managed Visit'
Radio Free Asia, January 18, 2013
CH: http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/mind-01182013101837.html
EN: http://www.rfa.org/english/women/geng-he-01182013153404.html