Thursday, August 21, 2008

Never too old to learn

Spare a thought for poor Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77, today. Not only were these women forcibly evicted from their homes in Beijing in 2001 to make way for this month's Olympics, but also, having repeatedly applied to hold demonstrations in the Beijing protest zones to complain about it during the Games, they have now been ordered to serve a one year term of "re-education through labour."

4 Comments:

Blogger kinglear said...

That must be the Gordon Brown Jonah effect at long distance..

12:52 pm  
Blogger kinglear said...

.. which appears tyo have struck the relay team

9:03 am  
Blogger Ellee Seymour said...

And how many other similar stories like this are there that we never get to hear about?

11:56 am  
Blogger Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Yes, appalling....

11:18 pm  

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