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Activist Hu Jia Says He Faces Long Prison Term

Posted by Samuel Wade | Feb 27, 2014

Following two rounds of police questioning in the past month, rights activist Hu Jia says he...

Activists Detained at Hu Jia’s Birthday Dinner

Posted by Grace | Jul 26, 2013

Human rights activist Hu Jia and his supporters were briefly detained in Shenzhen on Thursday night while celebrating Hu’s 40th birthday. From South China Morning Post: Shenzhen police detained prominent activists Hu Jia,...

Prominent China Dissident Hu Jia Freed from Jail: Wife

Posted by Sophie Beach | Jun 25, 2011

After three and a half years in prison, activist Hu Jia has been released and returned home to be with his wife and young daughter. From Reuters: Hu was convicted in 2008 for “inciting subversion of state power” for...

China Urged to Free ‘Seriously Ill’ Activist Hu Jia

Posted by Sophie Beach | Apr 8, 2010

Imprisoned activist Hu Jia may be suffering from liver cancer, according to his wife Zeng Jinyan, BBC reports: Zeng Jingyan has applied for permission for her husband to be released from prison early so he can return home for...

Zeng Jinyan: Concerns for Health of Hu Jia in Beijing Prison

Posted by Sophie Beach | May 9, 2009

Thanks to a translator who prefers to remain anonymous for providing the following: In her blog entry of April 25, Zeng Jinyan discusses how on April 22 she went with their one-year-old child to visit her husband, activist Hu...

“Who Is Hu Jia?”

Posted by Jenny Leung | Oct 24, 2008

Xujun Eberlein writes in her blog about the recent European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought award to Hu Jia. However, given the reaction on Chinese cyberspace, it seems that many people do not know who...

Hu Jia Wins European Rights Prize

Posted by Liu Yong | Oct 23, 2008

From BBC News: One of China’s most prominent human rights activists, Hu Jia, has won the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Mr Hu, a democracy, environment and Aids activist, is...

Zeng Jinyan: I Visited Hu Jia Today

Posted by Xiao Qiang | Sep 26, 2008

Zeng Jinyan writes her account of a recent visit with her husband, political prisoner Hu Jia, translated by the China Freedom Press blog: Yesterday morning I received a telephone call from the prison, notifying me that on...

Some Observations on the Conviction of Hu Jia

Posted by Liu Yong | Apr 5, 2008

From Dui Hua Human Rights Journal: The prominent Chinese rights activist Hu Jia (胡佳) was sentenced yesterday to 3-1/2 years imprisonment by the Beijing Number One Intermediate People’s Court. According to the Xinhua News...

Chinese Activist Hu Jia Jailed Ahead of Olympics

Posted by Wu Nan | Apr 2, 2008

Hu Jia has been sentenced in prison for three and half years. From AFP: …The United States and the European Union immediately spoke out in defence of Hu, who became the second Chinese dissident in less than two weeks to be...

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