HU Jia
Name in Chinese: 胡嘉
Sentence: 3 years, 6 months in prison plus one year's deprivation of political rights
Freelance reporter and blogger, civil rights, environmental and AIDS activist, sentenced on April 3, 2008 by the Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court to 3 years, 6 months in prison plus one year's deprivation of political rights for "inciting subversion of state power". His sentencing hearing lasted 30 minutes. Hu was arrested December 27, 2007 at his home in Beijing, officially charged on January 30, 2008 by the Beijing Municipal People’s Procuratorate, and tried on March 18. He was earlier denied access to his lawyers on the grounds that his case involved "state secrets".
Learn more about Hu Jia
The Real China and the Olympics
An Open Letter by Hu Jia and Teng Biao from Human Rights Watch, in Chinese and English
Dissident’s Arrest Hints at Olympic Crackdown
by Jim Yardley, The New York Times, January 30, 2008
Prisoners of Freedom City
This four part video uploaded anonymously to YouTube shows the police surveillance and pressure placed on activist Hu Jia and his wife Zeng Jinyan.
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