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World Service,26 Dec 2018,53 mins

Trial Begins for Chinese Human Rights Lawyer

Newsday

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Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang goes on trial today on charges of state subversion in the city of Tianjin. Protests continue in Sudan. Clashes erupted Tuesday in the capital Khartoum between police and thousands of protesters attempting to march on the presidential palace. The BBC’s Venezuela correspondent reflects on the painful year that the country has experienced.

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