He may not have won the Nobel Peace Prize that he was tipped to win, but Chinese dissident Hu Jia has just been awarded the Sakharov Prize, the top human rights award given out by the European Parliament. China had lobbied hard for Hu Jia to be passed... ...full story at Shanghaiist
from Shanghaiist on Thu, Oct 23 2008
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YouTube video Hu Jia is in prison in China so he can not be in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday to receive the 2008 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought.
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