EU ‘deeply concerned’ at sentencing of Chinese dissident (Lead)
December 25th, 2009 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Copenhagen, Dec 25 (DPA) The European Union (EU) Friday said it was “deeply concerned” at the 11-year prison sentence imposed on Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for seeking greater democracy.
A statement released by the EU presidency in Stockholm called the sentence “excessive” and said it raised concern about respect for human rights and the right to a fair trial in China.
A Beijing court Friday sentenced Liu, 53, after finding him guilty of “inciting subversion of state power”.
Human rights groups said the sentence was the longest a Chinese court has meted out for such a charge.
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