Excerpted from SBS World News:
"As the Olympic year begins, it is disturbing to see that during China's intense preparations for the Games, there is an equally intense crackdown on human rights defenders," Human Rights in China Executive Director Sharon Hom said in a statement.
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- HRIC Campaign:
Incorporating Responsibility 2008 Take Action Campaign - "HRIC Case Update: Families of Lü Gengsong and He Depu Appeal to National People's Congress," March 3, 2008, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/47504;
- "HRIC Statement: Ching Cheong's Release Sends Mixed Message," February 05, 2008, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/47310;
- "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.