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Liu Xiaobo’s Lawyer Blocked from Visiting Britain

As British Prime Minister David Cameron visits China, two prominent human rights lawyers, Mo Shaoping and He Weifang, were blocked from traveling to Britain for reasons of “national security.” From the Telegraph:Together with He Weifang, another prominent Chinese lawyer, Mr Mo was questioned at the airport for 40 minutes by the police and told that his trip to the UK posed “a th