Excerpted from BBC:
"As China prepares to welcome the world in 2008, it has to demonstrate that it respects human rights and the rule of law," said Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China, in response to Mr Hu's detention.
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For an English translation of Hu Jia and Teng Biao's article on human rights in the lead-up to the Olympics, see:
- "The Real Situation in Pre-Olympics China," China Rights Forum, No. 4 2007, http://hrichina.org/public/PDFs/CRF.4.2007/CRF-2007-4_Situation.pdf.
For more information on Hu Jia, see:
- "HRIC Statement: Politicized Trial of Rights Defender Hu Jia Guts Freedom of Expression in China," April 21, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/49031;
- "HRIC Statement: HRIC Denounces Conviction of Prominent Activist Hu Jia," April 3, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/48317;
- "HRIC Statement: Politicized Trial of Rights Defender Hu Jia Guts Freedom of Expression in China," March 18, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47879;
- "HRIC Action Bulletin: Activist Hu Jia Arrested (updated)," March 17, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47293;
- "HRIC Statement: Drop Politically-Motivated Charges against Hu Jia," March 12, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47723;
- "HRIC Statement: HRIC Condemns the Formal Arrest of Hu Jia," February 1, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47275;
- "HRIC Statement: Protest the Detention of Hu Jia," December 28, 2007, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/46164;
- "HRIC Statement: Human Rights in China Condemns Attack on Hu Jia," November 12, 2007, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45528;
- "Forced Psychiatric Treatment Threatened for AIDS Activist Hu Jia," June 9, 2004, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/9644.
