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In a crackdown on challenges to the government, Beijing sentenced Liu Xiaobo, 54, to 11 years in prison for activities that include co-authoring last year's Charter 08 petition calling for freedom of speech and religion. Rights groups, the U.S. and the E.U. condemned the sentence; authorities dismissed criticism...
But many Icelanders say they are being unfairly persecuted. They are still smarting from Britain's decision to use antiterrorism laws in 2008 to freeze Iceland's assets and force the country to agree to reimburse the British savers. "The British government used gunboat diplomacy, putting us in the same...
Liu was arrested one year ago, just before the release of Charter 08, a manifesto signed by 303 Chinese intellectuals that called for extensive reforms of the country's political system. While dozens of signers were detained, put under surveillance or otherwise harassed by authorities, Liu is the only one...
Students who are on campus have been granted access “by virtue of special petition,” she said. “[It is] considered to be a time to be working.”
We should be inspired by the students at Morehouse to follow suit here at Harvard. The Harvard Corporation has acquiesced to student pressure to divest in the past. In 1989, a campaign of three students ultimately led Harvard to divest from tobacco companies. In 2005, Harvard became the first university...