Irish Examiner View: Spread of coronavirus raises many questions

The imposition of a 10-year jail sentence on a Chinese bookseller may, in the great sweep of history, seem a second division issue even if it is an affront to the idea of free speech and human rights.

Irish Examiner View: Spread of coronavirus raises many questions

The imposition of a 10-year jail sentence on a Chinese bookseller may, in the great sweep of history, seem a second division issue even if it is an affront to the idea of free speech and human rights.

Nevertheless, a court in the city of Ningbo jailed Gui Minhai on Monday for selling books that satirised the Communist Party.

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