| Freelance writer and journalist, detained May 9, 2008 by the Public Security Bureau of Jintang County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province and charged with “inciting splittism.” The charge most likely stems from an article Chen published following the Tibetan protests in March which declared respect to the Tibetan people, defended their basic rights and condemned the Chinese government’s violent crackdown on protesters. He has also written articles against governmental projects and the politics of the Beijing Olympics. The charge was later changed to “inciting subversion of state power,” and on November 11, 2008, was sentenced to three years in prison and three years’ deprivation of political rights. Chen is currently being held in Chuanzhong Prison, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. |
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