Excerpted from Reuters:

"This (trial) has been timed for the biggest holiday time in the West, when the media may not be paying so much attention," said Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China, a New York-based group critical of Beijing.

"This charge is clearly a politicized one, and it's been used against lawyers, writers and land activists."

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For more information on this issue:

• “International Community Speaks out on Liu Xiaobo Verdict,” “December 30, 2009
• “Liu Xiaobo’s Guilty Verdict and 11-Year Sentence Send Message of Zero Tolerance for Universal Human Rights,” December 25, 2009
• “What Constitutes Liu Xiaobo’s ‘Incitement to Subvert State Power’?,” December 23, 2009
• Ding Zilin, “The Dirtiest of Political Trials,” December 23, 2009
• “Ding Zilin Urges Charter 08 Signers to ‘Join’ Liu Xiaobo’s Trial," December 18, 2009
• “HRIC Strongly Condemns the Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo by Chinese Authorities,” June 24, 2009
• “Chinese Authorities Continue to Suppress Charter 08; Number of Signers Exceeds 7,200,” January 9, 2009
• “Independent Scholars Detained: Start of 2009 Crackdown?” December 9, 2008
• Charter 08, translation by Human Rights in China, December 9, 2008
• “Rights Crackdown Intensifies a Month before the Games,” July 8, 2008
• “Chinese Scholars and Activists Demand Equality for Migrant Workers in China,” February 14, 2008