Quick Update

Jinyan’s MySpace contains a number of paintings of her done by a friend like the one  below.

Hu Jia currently has access to books and a state newspaper to read and his letters reach his family although they have to be carefully written to pass through censorship.

Jinyan’s passport application has been refused : lets hope that changes some how

SAKHAROV NETWORK MESSAGE

SAKHAROV PRIZE WINNER HU JIA
Completes a third of his jail sentence

Network of Sakharov laureates does not forget one of its own.

Hu Jia, the winner of the European Parliament’s 2008 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, complete today a third of his sentence of three and a half years in prison for “inciting subversion of state authority.”

The members of the Sakharov Network, which groups past winners of the Sakharov Prize, reiterate their support for their colleague, who is being unjustly held by the Chinese authorities. “We express our concern and sympathy for our Chinese friend, his wife Zeng Jinyan and their young daughter,” the network said. “We also express our solidarity with all political prisoners in China and their families.” [continues...]