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• Position: CHINA - Yang Hui imprisoned for posting rumor online - Brief article

Imagine going to jail for an opinion you posted online. That's what happened to Yang Hui, 16, of Gansu Province in central China. He was the first person to be arrested under a new Chinese law against "rumor mongering," which makes it a crime to post a false statement online if it's viewed more than 5,000 times and reposted more than 500 times. Hui's offense was challenging the official explanation of a local man's death. The anti-rumor law is just the latest crackdown on freedom of expression in China; the Communist government already censors Facebook and Twitter, arrests dissenting...