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| China tries second anti-graft activist in two days |
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| By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) - A veteran Chinese dissident who agitated for officials to disclose their assets argued his innocence on Thursday in the second trial of its kind in two days, underscoring the government's resolve to crush any challenge to its rule. The trial of Zhao Changqing was initially adjourned on Wednesday after he dismissed his two lawyers, a decision that would help him delay his case, one of his lawyers, Zhang Xuezhong, told Reuters by telephone. China's government has waged a 10-month drive against the "New Citizens' Movement", of which Zhao was a member. The hearings against members of the New Citizens' Movement are China's highest-profile political trials in years. |
| Egypt state violence at "unprecedented" level since July - Amnesty |
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 Egypt has seen state violence on an "unprecedented scale" since the army overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last July following mass protests again his rule, Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday. Egypt's authorities "quash dissent and trample on human rights", Amnesty said, pointing to mass arrests, pressure on the freedom of expression and the introduction of a law that limits the right to protest. The report came out two days before the third anniversary of the mass uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
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