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speak for Chen? Chinese activist Zeng Jinyan, wife of formerly
imprisoned journalist Hu Jia, close friend of Chen, and herself a long-time
victim of intense
Committee to Protect Journalists
have already begun detaining some of Chen's
supporters, including formerly imprisoned journalist Hu Jia, who was questioned this
weekend, according to the BBC. Chen's fate
remains
2011.
By contrast, three writers sentenced earlier on the inciting
subversion charge, Hu Jia,
Chen
Daojun, and Du
Daobin, were released in late 2010 or 2011;
June 26, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Hu Jia, the journalist and activist who was unjustly jailed in December 2007. He
which quoted the Hong Kong-based Dui Hua Foundation.
Huang Qi and Hu Jia completed their full terms, but risk joining dozens of
writers, activists, and
about Chen's situation can get
out. Zeng Jinyan, wife of imprisoned journalist Hu Jia, also communicates
under heavy surveillance using digital tools.
"Since the rise of
This is a tough moment for journalists in China. Hu Jia, who was jailed in 2008,
is suffering from severe and unexplained abdominal
visit Lü at Xijiao Prison in Hangzhou about once a month.
Hu Jia, freelance
Imprisoned: December 27, 2007
Police charged Hu, a prominent human rights
Imprisoned
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held in Xijiao Prison in Hangzhou, where she had regular visitation rights.
Hu Jia,freelance
Imprisoned: December 27, 2007
Police charged Hu, a prominent human rights
highlights the cases of Shi Tao, an IPFA winner in 2005, and Hu Jia as emblematic cases of jailed Chinese journalists, both imprisoned for "anti-state"
