China on Tuesday rebuffed an expression of concern by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry over the fate of two prominent Chinese dissidents, saying only the Chinese people had the right to talk about the country’s human rights.
Kerry, in a statement on the fifth anniversary of the detention of Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo, called for his release, and also said he was concerned about Liu’s wife, who is under house arrest, and another well-known activist, Xu Zhiyong, who is expected to face trial soon.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said both Liu and Xu had broken the law.
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Ben Blanchard, Reuters via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/cQx2BimUbYY/
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