Chinese police hunted then expelled multiple prominent dissidents from Beijing in the lead up to a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, which is held from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11. The four-day closed-door meeting, also known as the sixth plenum of the 19th Central Committee, usually takes place once a year in the capital and is attended by the Politburo, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top decision-making body. The high-profile plenum attracts petitioners across the country, who protest injustices they have experienced, hoping to gain some media coverage or attention from society. Such attempts are typically frowned upon by authorities, and this year they rolled out oppressive measures ahead of the plenum to target dissidents and human rights lawyers. Rights Activists Targeted Local authorities went to to the home of human rights activist Jiang Jiawen in Beijing. On Nov. 5, at around 6 p.m., plainclothes police and local officials …