Excerpted from Associated Press:
The watchdog group Human Rights in China said Tuesday that Huang was detained June 10 after visiting areas affected by a powerful May 12 earthquake centered in Sichuan and writing about parents who lost their children.
"This is another illustration of how a person who is only trying to help might find himself snared by China's state secrets laws," Executive Director Sharon Hom said in a statement. "This use of the law as a sword hanging over rights activists, like Huang Qi, contradicts the reported 'new media openness' in China following the Sichuan earthquake."
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- Press Release:
Rights Activist Huang Qi Detained on Suspicion of Holding State Secrets - Press Release:
Human Rights in China Condemns the Detention of Huang Qi by Police in Chengdu - HRIC Report:
State Secrets: China’s Legal Labyrinth, June 12, 2007,
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/41421 - HRIC Press Release:
HRIC Deplores Intimidation of Rights Activists Ahead of U.S.-China Talks on Human Rights