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Monday, July 25, 2011

Human Rights Defender – Li Shuangde (李双德)

李双德刑满出狱仍会继续维权工作 (Released Activist Li Shuangde Isn't Going to Stop Defending Rights)
Radio Free Asia, July 22, 2011
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/china_release-07222011110746.html

Chengdu-based rights activist Li Shuangde (李双德) was released Friday, July 22, from a four-month sentence on credit card fraud. Li was detained in late March and sentenced in June. Li says that imprisonment has not deterred his desire to defend rights, and that he does not fear monitoring from authorities.
Related information:
四川法律维权人士获释 讲述如何遭当局诬陷迫害
Sichuan Barefoot Lawyer Speaks Out against Trumped-up Charge
Human Rights in China, July 22, 2011
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5482
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5481