Chinese Human Rights Activists Appeal To International Community To Help Get Cyber-Dissident Freed
- By Grey McKenzie
- Published 06/25/2008
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Chinese human
rights activists have appealed to the international community to press
for the release of cyber-dissident Huang Qi, who was arrested in
Sichuan province on 10 June on a charge of illegally possessing state
secrets.
Deng Taiqing, an activist based in Shanxi province said Huang
may have had confidential documents but they were not state secrets.
“In my view, a state secret has to do with the army or national defence,” he said. “Huang Qi tended to print confidential documents but they had nothing to do with state secrets.”
Deng added that he thought the
authorities arrested Huang because they feared his activities after the
Sichuan earthquake and the growing influence of his website,
64Tianwang.
A Beijing-based activist also criticised the gravity of the
charges brought against Huang and insisted they were baseless.
Another
Internet user sent an open letter to the Chinese authorities in which
he said many Chinese citizens were aware of the case.
He urged the authorities not to mistreat Huang and called for his release.
