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China Denies Black Jail Sentencing

Reuters reports China has sentenced 10 people to jail for illegally detaining petitioners from another city: Those convicted were hired by authorities from Changge city in central Henan province to stop petitioners airing their grievances in Beijing, the People’s Daily said on its website, citing a Beijing newspaper. They held them in rented houses in a Beijing suburb where the petitioners sa