Policewomen take video and photographs of journalists outside the courthouse where Liu Xiaobo, one of China's most prominent dissidents, is on trial in Beijing December 23, 2009. Liu went on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday, drawing an outcry at home and abroad over the country's sweeping laws against political opponents. Chinese prosecutors accuse Liu of "inciting subversion of state power" by publishing essays on the Internet critical of the ruling Communist Party and helping to organise the "Charter 08" petition, demanding a democratic remake of the one-party state. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS)