This year's Nobel peace prize could be awarded to a Chinese dissident to
highlight China's human rights record in the wake of the Olympic Games,
according to experts who closely follow the workings of the award.
A likely candidate to receive the prize, the winner of which will be
announced on October 10 in Oslo, is Hu Jia, a Chinese activist who has
campaigned on democracy, the environment and the rights of HIV/Aids patients. Hu
is serving three-and-a-half years in jail for "inciting to subvert state
power".
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I hope he wins it
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