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China blocks 'Berlin Wall' Twitter page: organisers
China has blocked a website inviting users of microblogging site Twitter to comment on the fall of the Berlin Wall amid a deluge of protests at Beijing's Internet censorship, organisers said Thursday. The site was meant to be a place for people to share memories of the night the Berlin Wall was yanked down 20 years ago, but quickly morphed into a forum for protest against what users described as "The Great Firewall of China." Of the roughly 3,300 comments left on the virtual wall, around 1,500 have been in Chinese, said Carsten Hein, coordinator of the "berlintwitterwall.com" project. The site "has not been freely accessible since Monday evening Beijing time," he added, citing "several current sources." According to the China Digital Times, one user wrote: "Mr Hu Jintao, please tear down this Great Firewall," in a twist on the famous 1987 Berlin speech by then US President Ronald Reagan who implored his Soviet counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev to "Tear down this wall." Another said: "My apologies to German people a million times (for taking over this site). But I think if Germans learn about our situation, they would feel sorry for us a million times." One apparently bemused German user wrote on the site: "The Berlin Wall speaks Chinese!" The hugely popular Twitter site allows users to post a short message of no more than 140 characters which can then be read by other followers of the service. China regularly cracks down on online content it deems unhealthy, which includes pornography and violence but also information critical of the government. In June, the government was forced to backtrack on an order to install Internet filtering software on all computers sold in China after it triggered a huge outcry at home and abroad. China has at least 338 million Internet users, more than any other country in the world, according to state media.
by Staff Writers
 Brussels (AFP) Oct 29, 2009
 The European Union on Thursday condemned China's execution of two Tibetans, voicing concerns over how their trials were conducted.

"The European Union condemns the recent executions of two Tibetans, Mr Lobsang Gyaltsen and Mr Loyak," the Swedish EU presidency said in a statement on behalf of the 27-nation bloc.

"The EU respects China's right to bring those responsible for the violence to justice but reaffirms its longstanding opposition to the use of the death penalty under all circumstances," the EU statement said.

"The EU reiterates its concerns about the conditions under which the trials were conducted, especially with regard to whether due process and other safeguards for a fair trial were respected," the EU presidency added.

The European Union has called for death sentences handed down on several other Tibetans to be commuted.

China said Tuesday that the two Tibetans had been executed for their role in deadly ethnic unrest that rocked the Himalayan region last year, the first known use of capital punishment over the violence.

Fierce anti-China protests erupted in Lhasa and spread across Tibet and adjacent areas with Tibetan populations in March last year, embarrassing the government in Beijing as it prepared to host the Olympic Games.

Beijing blamed the Dalai Lama -- the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader seen by authorities as a separatist bent on independence -- for inciting the unrest. He, however, insists he only wants greater regional autonomy for Tibet.

China has said "rioters" were responsible for 21 deaths, while its security forces killed only one "insurgent." But the exiled Tibetan government has said more than 200 Tibetans were killed in the subsequent crackdown.

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China confirms two Tibetans executed over 2008 unrest
 Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2009
 China said Tuesday that two Tibetans had been executed for their role in deadly ethnic unrest that rocked the Himalayan region last year, the first known use of capital punishment over the violence. The confirmation by foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu came after several overseas activist groups had reported that up to four Tibetans were shot dead by Chinese firing squads over the ... read more






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