Excerpted from The Guardian:
An activist who criticised the government's response to the Sichuan earthquake has been detained on charges of allegedly possessing state secrets. The watchdog group Human Rights in China said the detention of Huang Qi, founder of the human rights website 64Tianwang, may be linked to articles he wrote about families who lost children in the quake, which killed almost 70,000 people. China's security forces have begun to clamp down on dissent after initially tolerating independent reporting and public complaints. Huang has long been one of China's most outspoken activists.
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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