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Charges against 5 for plots against Chinese dissidents in U.S.

Federal prosecutors have charged five people for acting as agents of the Chinese government to target, harass and spy on Chinese nationals with “pro-democracy” views living in the U.S. The Department of Justice say the five men are connected to three separate plots against Chinese people living in the U.S. who have expressed opposition to the Chinese Communist Party.

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Tiananmen Square protester granted asylum in U.S. stabbed to death

A Tiananmen Square protestor turned immigration lawyer was killed in his New York City office on Monday by a client upset he would not take her case. Jinjin (Jim) Li, 66, was jailed for two years in 1989 by the Chinese government for participating in the 1989 student democracy movement at Tiananmen Square that infamously ended in a bloody massacre of protesters.

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Eighth journalist murdered in Mexico this year

Journalist Armando Linares López was murdered on Tuesday by armed men who entered his home in the Mexican city of Zitácuaro. He was a managing partner and director of local media outlet Monitor Michoacán. Local paramedics received a call for help from the journalist shortly before 7 p.m. but found him dead upon arriving at his home.

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