21.   On a recent visit to Beijing he failed to inquire about the fate of jailed Chinese dissidents, although pressured to do so by human rights groups at home.

22.   Six jailed Iranian dissidents have been freed on bail over the past few days, their friends and family members said Tuesday.

23.   Several jailed dissidents are said to be suffering from chronic illnesses worsened by the primitive conditions of Chinese prisons.

24.   Since his release from prison, Bao has resumed his activism, publicly calling on the government to release jailed dissidents and allow greater political freedoms.

25.   Since his release, Bao has publicly called on the government to release other jailed dissidents and allow more political freedoms.

26.   The charge arose from e-mail Wang sent earlier this year to Chinese pro-democracy groups overseas in which he urged the government to release jailed dissidents, the center said.

27.   The demonstrators demanded the release of all jailed dissidents and the end of one-party rule in Communist China.

28.   The families of jailed Iranian dissidents and journalists held their first public protest to denounce the detentions.

29.   The Foreign Ministry on Thursday called on Amnesty International to stop flooding the Chinese Embassy in Germany with protest faxes seeking the release of a jailed dissident.

30.   The protesters, who also called for the release of all jailed dissidents in China, carried banners and a Chinese flag that was lowered to half mast.