International Day of Action for Chinese Rights Activist Hu Jia
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From NTDTV 27/05/2010
The wife of the Chinese human rights advocate, Hu Jia, appealed to the
Chinese regime to grant her husband medical parole on Wednesday.
Hu Jia suffers from liver cirrhosis. His wife, Zeng Jinyan says his
condition has worsened since he was imprisoned in 2008. In March this
year, Hu was hospitalized after a mass was found in his liver, and was
later put back in prison.
Despite his condition, the Beijing
Municipal Prison authorities have declined five previous applications
for Hu’s medical parole. They also refused to provide Hu’s family with
a copy of his medical assessment.
Hu is known for being an
outspoken advocate for AIDS sufferers in China. On Monday, the
International Hu Jia Day of Action was launched to coincide with World
AIDS Vaccine Day.
On the Day of Action, Hu’s supporters were
asked to contact the prison where he’s held to request that he be given
medical parole. Calls were also made to various Chinese embassies
around the world.
On this Facebook page created for the
event, one participant who contacted the Beijing Municipal Prison says
the official who answered the phone hung up on him, after he tried to
ask about Hu’s condition.
Hu was sentenced to three-and-half
years in prison in 2008 for alleged “subversion of state power.” His
release is not due until June 2011.
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