Excerpted from International Trade Union Confederation:
According to Human Rights in China (HRIC), Mr. Yao was initially charged with "gathering a crowd to disrupt social order" and then sentenced in May 2003 to seven years in prison for "subversion of State power" for alleged involvement in the banned China Democracy Party.
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For more information on this issue:
- “Labor Leader Yao Fuxin Is Released after Completing Seven-year Term,” March 16, 2009
- “About the Individual: Yao Fuxin,” May 1, 2008
- “HRIC Press Statement: Labor Activists Still Facing Harsh Treatment,” May 1, 2008
- “Yao Fuxin's Wife Appeals to National People's Congress, Supreme People's Court,” March 7, 2007
- “Imprisoned Labor Leader’s Wife and Daughter Petition Beijing,” March 3, 2006
- “HRIC Urges President Bush to Raise Human Rights Concerns,” November 17, 2005
- “Imprisoned Labor Activist Threatened with End to Family Visits if Abuse is Revealed,” December 1, 2004
- “Jailed Labor Activists Refused Medical Parole,” December 19, 2003
- “Appeal Proceedings Commence for Liaoyang Labor Activists,” June 23, 2003
- “Liaoyang Activists Warned to Avoid American Delegation,” April 21, 2003
- “Liaoyang Activist Xiao Yunliang’s Health Deteriorates in Prison,” March 20, 2003
- “Liaoyang Labor Activists’ Daughters Detained,” March 3, 2003
- “Liaoyang Authorities in Renewed Crackdown on Worker Protests,” February 24, 2003
- “Liaoyang Workers Negotiating for Release of Yao Fuxin,” February 20, 2003
- “Human Rights in China Calls for Immediate Release of Labor Activist Yao Fuxin,” November 25, 2002 (includes an official English translation of the Chinese government’s reply to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention)