[link|http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3911292§ion=news|So does this qualify as a detention excess?]

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China has released a young cyber dissident known as the "stainless steel mouse" after detaining her for more than a year for criticising the government, a Hong Kong rights group says.

Liu Di, 23, a former psychology major at Beijing Normal University who wrote under the computer name "Stainless Steel Mouse", was freed from Beijing's Qincheng prison on Friday, the Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said on Sunday.

Two other "cyber dissidents", Wu Yiran, 34, and Li Yibin, 29, also were freed from a jail for political detainees on Friday, it said in a statement.

The release came just over a week ahead of a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao to the United States. China frequently times releases of dissidents to coincide with important trips abroad or visits by world leaders.

Liu was bailed out on Friday afternoon, the centre said, saying the move amounted to freeing her because political detainees are rarely, if ever, released on bail.