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"Hu Jia’s trial is is a 'sham' and, 'part of an ongoing pattern of politicized prosecutions that call into question the independence and fairness of the legal system," says Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China.
"The government's deployment today of authoritarian tools of social control to maintain a climate of fear and self-censorship - a climate in which any criticism can be labeled subversive - guts freedom of expression protected in China's Constitution and under international human rights law," she says.
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For an English translation of Teng Biao and Hu Jia's article on human rights in the lead-up to the Olympics, see:
- "The Real Situation in Pre-Olympics China," China Rights Forum, No. 4 2007, http://hrichina.org/public/PDFs/CRF.4.2007/CRF-2007-4_Situation.pdf.
For more information on Hu Jia, see:
- "HRIC Statement: Politicized Trial of Rights Defender Hu Jia Guts Freedom of Expression in China," March 18, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47879;
- "HRIC Action Bulletin: Activist Hu Jia Arrested (updated)," March 17, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47293;
- "HRIC Statement: Drop Politically-Motivated Charges against Hu Jia," March 12, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47723;
- "HRIC Statement: HRIC Condemns the Formal Arrest of Hu Jia," February 1, 2008, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/47275;
- "HRIC Statement: Protest the Detention of Hu Jia," December 28, 2007, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/46164;
- "HRIC Statement: Human Rights in China Condemns Attack on Hu Jia," November 12, 2007, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45528;
- "Forced Psychiatric Treatment Threatened for AIDS Activist Hu Jia," June 9, 2004, http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/9644.