Excerpted from Media Matters for America:
On the other hand we are grieved to report that the situation of two of our scholars has seriously worsened. Lü Gengsong, the Chinese writer and human rights advocate, was tried on 22 January 2008, and sentenced to four years in prison on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." According to Human Rights in China (HRIC) his condition has recently deteriorated and his wife has written an open letter demanding immediate medical care for her husband and pleading for his early release. The letter describes the authorities' refusal to accept clothing and medicine from the family for Lü, restrictions on his use of the toilet, and imposition of isolated confinement.
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For more information on this issue:
- HRIC Campaign:
Incorporating Responsibility 2008 Take Action Campaign - "Writer Lü Gengsong’s Trial Held Today," January 22, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47186;
- "Writer Lü Gengsong Indicted," January 11, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/46847;
- "HRIC Case Update: Lü Gengsong’s Case Transferred to Procuratorate," November 29, 2007, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45741;
- "HRIC Statement: HRIC Protests Detention of Writer Lü Gengsong," August 27, 2007, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/44709.
