Olympic prisoners: Zheng Mingfang
Peter Terpstra
Published on 31 July 2009
Zheng Mingfang : Human rights activist, Zheng Mingfang, was sent to a re-
education through work camp for two years at the beginning of April 2008,
because of an open letter she wrote about the Olympics. She was arrested by
the authorities in Beijing on 29 February 2008, shortly before a parliamentary
session. She is reportedly being held in Xian district in Tianjin, east of the
capital. She is beginning to go blind and was reportedly ill-treated during
her period in detention. Her husband has spoken about the methods used by the
authorities since her arrest to prevent her from communicating with foreigners
“a central condition of Zheng’s release”, according to district police
officials.
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