Portal:Current events/2012 February 10

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Politics
  • Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledges greater freedoms in Tibet, hours after two protesters are killed demanding the end of Chinese rule in the region; seven officials are also sacked for "neglecting state duties". (Straits Times) (CNN)
  • Chinese dissident Zhu Yufi is jailed for seven years for "inciting subversion", after publishing a poem in support of freedom. (Radio Television Hong Kong) (BBC)
  • U Gambira, a Bhikkhu or Buddhist monk and a leader of the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests, is reported as having been arrested in Yangon. (BBC)
  • A Saudi blogger is detained by Malaysian police after fleeing Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. (Al Jazeera)
  • Firefighters hose down the Belgian prime minister's office in protest over plans to increase their retirement age. (The Guardian)
  • Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives, demands new elections and threatens protests if the new government meet the demands. (Reuters)

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