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November 13, 2006

Brown event looks at human rights in China

PROVIDENCE -- China's "greatest exile poet" is scheduled to appear on the Brown campus this afternoon as part of a student group's effort to celebrate Human Rights in China Awareness Week.

Huang Xiang spent more than 10 years in a Chinese prison. He will be joined this afternoon by professor Xu Wenli, a co-founder of the Chinese Democratic Party who spent 16 years in prison for "activities as a dissident," according to an announcement from Brown Amnesty International, which is sponsoring the events.

Today's discussions, which are scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m., are titled, "Beyond Tiananmen and the Democracy Wall: Human Rights in China Then and Now."

The event will take place in room 106 in the Smith-Buonanno building off Meeting Street. It is free and open to the public.

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