Two Chinese old ladies who are in their 70s were sentenced by the Chinese authorities to one year of “re-education through labour”. The reason is that they applied quite faithfully to protest during the Beijing Olympics.

Wu Dianyuan, 79, and her neighbour Wang Xiuying, 77, sought to protest about their forced eviction from their homes in 2001. They went to the Beijing Public Security Bureau four times this month to request permission to demonstrate in the new zones 鈥� created for the Olympics to counter criticism of the limits to political expression in China.

Note to old folks: Never upset Chinese government during this Olympic period.

Via Guardian