Twitter Activists Sign Petition to Free China's "Twitter Prisoner"
Apparently, three words of her sarcastic tweet back in November landed a Chinese woman in a hard labor camp – and human rights activists are saying Twitter needs to say much more than just three words in response.
We reported in November that Cheng Jianping, or @wangyi09, was arrested by the Chinese government for a single retweet. She had retweeted a tweet commenting on the anti-Japanese violent protests at the time, and had added “Charge, angry youth!” to the end in an attempt at sarcasm.
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