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After Fleeing, Dissident Describes Abuses

Dissident writer Yu Jie, who was detained by police in 2010 for writing a critical book about Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, released a statement and held a press conference in Washington D.C. yesterday accusing the Chinese government of a long list of abuses that led him to flee the country for the United States last week: In a lengthy statement, the 38-year-old said government censorship had made him