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ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL: HU SHIGEN

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Background Profile

Hu Shigen (b.1954), who helped establish the China Freedom and Democracy Party and the China Free Trade Union, was active in planning June 4 memorial activities and calling for a reassessment of the government's violent crackdown on the 1989 Democracy Movement.

On December 16, 1994, he was convicted of counterrevolutionary propaganda and organizing a counterrevolutionary group, and was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment, followed by five years' deprivation of political rights.

Hu suffers from serious health problems and is currently held at the Beijing No. 2 Prison. He is due for release on May 26, 2010, after receiving a seven-month sentence reduction in December 2005 and a 17-month reduction in early 2007.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention determined that Hu's detention was arbitrary on November 25, 2005.


Take Action for Hu Shigen

Please check back on this website on June 1, 2008 for information on how you can take action for Hu Shigen.



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