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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

欧盟发声明 吁中国当局释放许志永 (EU calls on China to release Xu Zhiyong and other detained activists)
Radio Free Asia, August 28, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/jyxw-08282013124815.html

See declaration:
Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union regarding the recent arrest of Dr Xu Zhiyong and other civil society activists in China
European Union, August 28, 2013
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/cfsp/138625.pdf