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Human Rights in China said they were all in their 20s when they were detained, and the trial rested on three witnesses who also were members of the study group, one who was an informant for the Ministry of Public Security. After the conviction, all three witnesses said their testimony was given under coercion, the group said.
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- "Case Update: Beijing Intellectuals Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai Released after Eight Years in Prison,"
March 12, 2009, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/141758;
- "Imprisoned Internet Dissident on Hunger Strike," June 2, 2003, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/11403;
- "Four Internet Activists Imprisoned for Subversion," May 28, 2003, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/11379;
- "Punishing Youthful Enthusiasm: Jin Haike, Xu Wei, Yang Zili, and Zhang Honghai on Trial," July 26, 2001, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/4341;
- "Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate Criminal Indictment," July 26, 2001, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/4209.