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U.N. Condemns Political Detentions in China

The Guardian’s Benjamin Haas reported on Friday on an unreleased U.N. Human Rights Council report condemning China’s treatment of three political prisoners, church leader Hu Shigen and lawyers Zhou Shifeng and Xie Yang. “The appropriate remedy would be to release Hu Shigen, Zhou Shifeng and Xie Yang immediately, and accord them an enforceable right to compensation and other reparations,” said the UN report seen by the Guardian, adding that China should