A man in China was sentenced to 7 years in prison for writing a poem. The poem was about getting people to, "the square" in order to protest the government. Another two victims were sentenced nine and ten years in prison for similair reasons. The authorities are able to arrest citizens after repealing a criticized law on counterrevolutionary activities.
Personally I think it is very stupid to inprion a person for simply something that they wrote, no actions were taken by citizens after the peom was read. Also the defendant has said that he did not even make the poem public that he had only sent it to his friends through emails.
This law should be opposed by anyone who is able to change it, it is taking away from peoples' free speech and this is agaisnt human writes. Somthing needs to be done and the victims of these cases should be released as soon as possible.
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