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State Media Attacks Recently Detained Activist Wu Gan

On Wednesday May 20, police in Nanchang, Jiangxi placed activist Wu Gan, also known by supporters as “the butcher” and by his online pseudonym “Super Vulgar Butcher” (超级低俗屠夫), under administrative detention for ten days. Wu had since the preceding Monday been participating in a demonstration outside of the Jiangxi Higher People’s Court against their decision to disallow lawyers access to evidence in an abuse of power case in Leping,