Hu Jia disappear?

April 15, 2008 at 4:25 pm  from Zeng Jinyan’s blog

This afternoon, laywer came to prison to meet Hu Jia, the policeman refused, the reason is “now beyond the day of appeal”.

What’s happened? Why we can’t see him? I’m very upset, what can I do?

 

Extract from Jinyan’s Blog 4th April

Please tell me: a fair verdict?

4 月 3 日法院开庭，判胡佳（身份证用名：胡嘉）“有期徒刑三年六个月，剥夺政治权利一年”，并没收胡佳的笔记本电脑、无限（线）上网卡、无限（线）路由器、 ZTE 中兴调制解调器、上网卡、写有“蔡楚”邮箱的 A4 纸和小灵通。 April 3 court sentenced Hu Jia (ID with Name: HU Jia) “six months to three years imprisonment and deprived of political rights for one year,” Hu Jia and the confiscation of the laptop, unlimited (wire) Ethernet, unlimited (line) routers, ZTE ZTE modems, internet, a “Cachu” mailbox A4 paper and PHS.

宣判结束，几经挣扎抗议，我最后获得了自己走路的权利。 Sentencing ended After struggling protest, I finally obtained the right to walk their own. 国保警察把我放在八宝山地铁站出口的街道旁，一群认识及不认识的朋友跑来见面。 State security police to me on the Babaoshan MTR exits sides of the roads, a group of awareness and do not know came to meet friends. 许多人问我“判决公正吗”？ Many people have asked me “fair judgement?”?

我想问天下人：如果是你的家人，在被长期软禁在家的情况下，因为写了五篇文章、接受了两个采访，就被法院判刑三年六个月外加剥夺政治权利一年，公不公？ I would like to ask the world: If it is your family, under house arrest in the long-term situation, because wrote five articles, accepted the two interviews, on the court sentenced three years and six months plus deprivation of political rights for one year, the public unfair?

我想问胡锦涛主席和主持司法工作的各位领导：在宪法首先保障的公民言论自由条款下，一个长期被非法拘禁的公民，因为写了五篇文章、接受了两个采访，就被法院判刑三年六个月外加剥夺政治权利一年，体现了“法治精神”吗？ I would like to ask President Hu Jintao presided over the judicial work and leadership you: First of all protection in the constitution of citizens to freedom of expression under the terms of a long-term citizens who have been illegally detained because wrote five articles, accepted the two interviews, on the court sentenced three plus six months, deprived of political rights for one year, embodies the principle of “rule of law”? 体现了“司法公正”吗？ Embodies the principle of “justice”? [continues in her blog, see links section]

More pictures of Zeng Jinyan and Hujia’s mom

Please see the below, after Chinese words:

they are stand in front of the court 

 

Jail for Chinese rights activist

From BBC

A prominent activist who publicised human rights abuses across China has been convicted of subversion and jailed for three-and-a-half years.

Hu Jia, 34, was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power and the socialist system”, his lawyer said.

He has long campaigned for the environment, religious freedom and for the rights of people with HIV and Aids.

His sentence comes a day after a rights group accused China of a campaign to silence dissent ahead of the Olympics.

The US was “dismayed” by the verdict, a spokeswoman for the US embassy in Beijing said, while the European Union called for Mr Hu’s immediate release.

“We said very clearly before the trial that he should not have been detained in the first place and that he should be released and this remains our position,” Beijing spokesman William Fingleton told the French news agency AFP. [continues...]

Authorities Announce Trial for Beijing Activist Hu Jia

Epoch Times

The trial of Hu Jia, the Beijing-based HIV/AIDS activist, is scheduled for March 18. Hu’s defense attorneys Li Jinsong and Li Fangping are busy preparing for the upcoming court date, and will meet with Hu once again before proceedings begin.

Hu Jia was detained on December 27, 2007, on charges of inciting subversion of state power, and formally arrested on these charges on January 30, 2008. On March 7, the prosecution delivered papers to the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court for the March 18 trial.[continues...]

Human rights activist Hu Jia to be tried on 18 March on subversion charge

RSF

Reporters Without Borders today urged the international community to keep up the pressure on behalf of human rights activist Hu Jia, who is to be tried on 18 March 2008 on a charge of “inciting subversion of state authority”. The organisation reiterates its call for his immediate and unconditional release.

“The authorities have scheduled Hu’s trial for 18 March although no guarantees of fairness or transparency have been given,” the press freedom organisation said. “The recent arrest of one of his friends, lawyer Teng Biao, is an especially disturbing sign. Diplomats and journalists must insist on being free to attend the hearings.”[continues...]

Update

Here is an update on news -

Hu Jia’s case has sent to people’s procuratorate, the lawyer went through the process on March 7th.

On that night, the lawyer Li Pingfang said, “The case has gone to procuratorate, the prosecutor’s first name is Zhang.  Lawyer Li Jingsong transacts all the process and they should arrange a meeting between Hu Jia and lawyer. The prosecutor has said clearly, this case will send to court in a short time.”

The policeman has told Zeng Jingyan on March 6, Hu Jia’s case has sent to procuratorate, and based on the case, Hu would be put into jail for five years. He has two criminal behavior, the first is in his public articles, some speeches attack the government; the second is in the interviews when he was interviewed by journalists, some speeches attack

But the lawyer Li Fangping said, from his opinion, this is policeman’s point view, the case should be judged in judicial processing. Whether this case is criminal, there is a big dispute.

Zeng has told policeman in detail, Hu Jia is not in the early stage of hepatocirrhosis but the late stage. She wants the public know that she still doesn’t certainly know if Hu get the medicine on time during in these two months, she is very worried about the virus has broke out but no distinct surface symptom, Hu’s life and health are in risk. She has required the policeman, face to face, shorten the time of Hu’s physical check in the case of have a chance to get the disease change.

Also Jinyan’s MSN Blog has been updated with a series of photo of police cars outside their house and a photo of a letter which is being translated currently.

House arrest restrictions eased on prominent Chinese rights - Update on Jinyan

From AOL

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Kyodo) - One of China’s most prominent civil rights activists — who has been under close house arrest since late December — said Thursday the restrictions on her movements have eased slightly, but she is still a prisoner in her own home.

Zeng Jinyan told Kyodo News she has been able to visit her husband at a detention center — fellow rights activist Hu Jia who was arrested at the same time on charges of inciting subversion — and she is now allowed to make phone calls on her mobile phone.

But she said it is still difficult for her to go out and she is barred from using the Internet. [continues...]

Preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China’s Authorities Go After Human-Rights Advocates

From USNews

BEIJING—Qianci may well be the youngest political prisoner in the world. The 3-month-old girl and her 24-year-old mother are surrounded 24 hours a day, seven days a week by some two dozen members of China’s state security apparatus. Since December 27, they have not been permitted to leave their small apartment in eastern Beijing, and visitors are brusquely turned away by the plainclothes police who guard the building. Connections to the outside world—mobile phones and the Internet—have been cut off. The young mother and daughter hardly seem like a threat to the state. Their offense? Qianci and Zeng Jinyan are daughter and wife of Hu Jia, a leading activist on behalf of dissidents, human-rights lawyers, and abused farmers. [continues...]

Amnesty International Concerned…

China: Piling on the pressure

8 February 2008

Amnesty International is gravely concerned that the Chinese authorities are putting pressure on human rights activist Hu Jia to plead guilty to crimes against national security.

This comes on the eve of the six month countdown to the Beijing Olympics on 8 August 2008 and is the latest attempt by the authorities to silence domestic activists’ public criticism of China’s human rights record.

“The potential for a positive human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics is swiftly being eroded by the Chinese authorities repression of dissenting voices, including the targeting of activists’ families and associates. This goes against the spirit of the Olympic Charter, which places the preservation of human dignity at the heart of the Olympic movement,” said Catherine Baber, Director of Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific programme.

After months under house arrest, Hu Jia was detained on 27 December 2007. He was formally charged with “inciting subversion” on 28 January 2008. There are fears that he may not be receiving his prescription medication for liver disease resulting from Hepatitis B infection.

Furthermore Hu Jia’s wife, Zeng Jinyan, is still under house arrest with their newborn baby. She is not permitted to leave their home, and her telephone line and internet connection have been cut.