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China Jails over 1,500 in Six-Year Crackdown on Dissent

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), a non-governmental human rights organization, released a report on Wednesday that found over 1,500 people have been arbitrarily detained by the Chinese Communist government over the past six years in a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent.

Activists tear a caricature of Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest near the Chin