Chinese authorities have launched a far-reaching crackdown on lawyers and activists following an online call for a “Jasmine revolution” in the country, in an indication of their concern that the democracy movements sweeping the Middle East could prompt a response in China.
China Human Rights Defenders, a rights group, said more than 100 people had had their freedoms restricted since last Friday’s online appeal.
“The scale of the crackdown is about the same as that surrounding the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, the imprisoned activist, late last year. However the speed is quite astonishing,” said Wang Songlian at the CHRD.
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