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Chinese Internet Dissident Protests Innocence During Subversion Trial

An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

Chinese dissident Li Jianping insisted he had committed no crime by posting pro-democracy essays on the Internet, as he went on trial for subversion, according to his lawyer.

"Li Jianping put forward his own defense and said his actions of writing essays and posting them on the Internet did not constitute the crime of inciting the subversion of state power," lawyer Zhang Xingshui told AFP.

Zhang also told the court that Li had the right to air his thoughts in accordance with freedom of speech clauses in the state constitution.

posted by Fergie @ 4/12/2006 12:19:00 PM