Chinese dissident wins EU human rights prize

Author (Person)	Barber, Tony, Dickie, Mure
Series Title	Financial Times
Series Details	24.10.08
Publication Date	24/10/2008
Content Type	News
	The European Parliament on the 23 October 2008 awarded its annual Sakharov human rights prize to Hu Jia, a jailed Chinese dissident, defying a warning from Beijing that such a move would seriously damage EU-Chinese relations.
Related Links	France24, 23.10.08: Chinese dissident awarded EU Parliament prize http://www.france24.com/en/20081023-chinese-dissident-awarded-eu-parliament-prize-sakharov-hu-jia&navi=EUROPE BBC News, 23.1008: Hu Jia wins European rights prize http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7686026.stm Deutsche Welle, 24.10.08: Opinion: Chinese Dissident Deserves EU Human Rights Award http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3735884,00.html European Parliament: Press Release, 23.10.08: Sakharov Prize 2008 awarded to Hu Jia http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/015-39974-297-10-43-902-20081020IPR39973-23-10-2008-2008-false/default_en.htm European Parliament: Sakharov Prize http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sakharov/default_en.htm
Countries / Regions	China, Europe