Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia is released after serving a 3 1-2-year sentence, for "inciting to subvert state power."

Sources: CNN

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Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia is released after serving a 3 1-2-year sentence, for "inciting to subvert state power."

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