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China court sentences writer/activist to 2 1/2 years on impersonation and fraud charges

January 6, 2009 03:23:00 PM

Human rights group Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) on Tuesday reported that Chinese activist and blogger Chen Qitang was sentenced last month to two-and-a-half years in prison for impersonation and fraud. According to the group,...

October 23, 2008 02:25:00 PM

Hu Jia , a Chinese human rights activist convicted in April on charges of inciting subversion of state power , was awarded the Sakharov Prize on Thursday by the European Parliament...

April 17, 2008 03:22:00 PM

A lawyer for Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia , sentenced in early April to over three years in prison on charges of inciting subversion of state power , said Thursday...

April 3, 2008 09:48:00 AM

Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia was sentenced Thursday to 3.5 years in prison on charges of inciting subversion of state power . Hu's trial began last month; he was...

March 18, 2008 03:19:00 PM

The trial of Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia began Tuesday on charges of inciting subversion of state power . Hu was formally charged last month after he made public ...

March 8, 2008 02:11:00 PM

Chinese prosecutors plan to proceed to trial against human rights activist Hu Jia and the trial could begin within a month, a defense lawyer for Hu said Saturday. Hu was formally charged last month with inciting subversion of state...

March 7, 2008 09:05:00 AM

Chinese rights activist Teng Biao has disappeared and is thought to have been detained by state authorities, rights group China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group said Friday. Teng, a lawyer with close ties to civil rights activist...

February 1, 2008 09:05:00 AM

Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been formally arrested and charged with inciting subversion of state power, his lawyer said Friday. His lawyer said that Hu's father had been allowed to visit Hu in jail recently, marking the...

January 2, 2008 07:03:00 PM

John Kamm "The detention of Hu Jia on December 27, 2007 for "incitement to subversion" is the most important move against the small but increasingly defiant community of human rights defenders and dissidents in...

December 30, 2007 10:04:00 AM

Chinese Human Rights Defenders said Saturday that human rights activist Hu Jia has been detained on charges of inciting subversion of state power . According to the advocacy group, Hu was arrested on Thursday in connection to "his...

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