China’s dissidents struggling, apart from loved ones at New Year

While millions across China have piled onto trains, planes and buses to welcome the Year of the Snake with extended family, relatives of those who ran afoul of the ruling Communist Party remain separated from loved ones. Many of China’s political prisoners are serving jail terms because they criticized the government, shared sensitive information with others, or stood up for the victims of official abuse. They are journalists, editors, lawyers and activists. They and their loved ones spoke to RFA about their feelings of separation, ongoing injustice and their hopes for the new year to come.

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