Olympic prisoners: Yu Changwu et Wang Guilin
Peter Terpstra
Published on 31 July 2009
Yang Chulin : Main mover of the campaign “We want human rights not Olympic
games”, Yang Chunlin was sentenced on 24 March 2008 to five years in prison,
followed by two years loss of civil rights by the intermediate court of
Jiamusi, in the north-east, for "inciting subversion of state power”. He was
maltreated during the early period of his detention.
Yu Changwu et Wang Guilin : Activists Wang Guilin and Yu Changwu are in
custody for having taken part in Yang Chunlin’s campaign “We want human rights
not Olympic Games". Wang Guilin was sentenced on 28 January 2008, to 18 months
re-education through work, while Yu Changwu continues to be held secretly.
http://www.rsf.org/en-petition34043-Olympic_prisoners.html
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Amnesty International Report 2009 on China:
http://report2009.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-pacific/china