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HU Shigen

Name in Chinese: 胡石根
Sentence: 20 years in prison plus five years deprivation of political rights, prison sentence reduced to 18 years

HU ShigenUniversity lecturer, political activist and dissident writer, arrested September 27, 1992 and charged with “counterrevolutionary crimes” for planning June 4 memorial activities in many of China’s major cities. Hu was a founding member of the China Freedom and Democracy Party (CFDP) and the China Free Trade Union (CFTU) and has campaigned for government accountability for the violent suppression of the democracy movement in June 1989. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years’ deprivation of political rights and is currently being held in Beijing No. 2 Prison. His sentence has recently been reduced by two years. His health is deteriorating and he is reportedly being denied medical care for a number of conditions.

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