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...considered remote. While the Chinese constitution guarantees a defendant's right to a public trial and a lawyer, the reality can be quite different. Often a verdict is reached before a case goes to court, and access to courtrooms is restricted to those holding government-issued tickets. Hou Xiaotian, 27, Wang's wife, expresses the hopelessness shared by the detainees' friends and families when she says, "I feel tiny and weak, as insignificant as a droplet of water in the sea. When I call out on behalf of my husband, I hear not a sound in response...
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