For the crime of not taking "no" for an answer.
So the government set up "protest zones" in various parks for people who wanted to protest during the Olympics. But you had to apply for a permit, and all the applications — reportedly 77 — were turned down. Wu and Wang made repeated applications.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
China sentences Wu Dianyuan, 79, and Wang Xiuying, 77, to "re-education through labor."
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