Hu Jia

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Hu Jia, 2014

Hu Jia ( Chinese  胡佳 , Pinyin Hú Jiā ; born July 25, 1973 in Beijing ) is a Chinese civil rights activist , environmental activist and staunch Buddhist .

Hu focused his work on the Chinese democracy movement , environmental protection and HIV / AIDS in the People's Republic of China. Hu is the director of the June Fourth Heritage & Culture Association and the executive director of the Aizhixing Institute for Healthcare in Beijing, and is one of the founders of the non-governmental organization Loving Source . Hu got involved in work to protect the endangered Tibetan antelope ( chiru ). Hu has been recognized for his activism by several European bodies, such as the Paris City Council and the European Parliament , which awarded him the Sakharov Prize in December 2008 .

In December 2007, Hu was arrested as part of a crackdown on dissidents during the Christmas holiday season. Reporters Without Borders reported that "the secret police have taken advantage of the international community's focus on Pakistan to arrest one of the leaders of the peaceful struggle for free speech in China." The decision to arrest him was made after peasant leaders issued a manifesto in several Chinese provinces demanding land rights for farmers whose property had been confiscated for development. Hu defended himself at his trial in March 2008 and said he was not guilty. In April 2008, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Hu had been charged with "inciting subversion of state power". His trial and detention gained international attention, and Hu was labeled a political prisoner. Amnesty International called him a prisoner of conscience. Hu was released on June 26, 2011.

Life

Hu Jia's parents were students at Tsinghua University in Beijing and Nankai University in Tianjin when they were persecuted as "deviants" in 1957 as part of the anti-right movement . Hu's father was "re-educated through work" and spent over 20 years in forced labor camps and prisons.

Hu Jia himself graduated from the Capital University of Economics and Commerce in Beijing with a degree in computer science in 1996 . Since then he has been involved in environmental protection and health care. In the poorer rural regions of China, Hu Jia became aware of the suppression of the topic of AIDS and founded an independent organization for medical care with friends. Hu married Zeng Jinyan in January 2006 , with whom he has a daughter. Zeng was listed in Time magazine 's 100 Heroes and Pioneers for her blog after Hu was arrested in February 2008 for outraged that China would host the 2008 Summer Olympics . Hu's wife and daughter were harassed by the Ministry of State Security and disappeared the day before the opening ceremony in Beijing.

Hu is a Buddhist of the Tibetan tradition , he began to practice Buddhism after the student revolts.

Hu Jia has been under house arrest since 2006 . In 2007, he and his wife Zeng Jinyan , the one blog leads, for the EU human rights prize nominated. Shortly after he was heard by the European Parliament's Human Rights Subcommittee on November 26, 2007, on a conference call , he was arrested on December 30, 2007 for "inciting undermining state authority" while his wife, Zeng Jinyan, and their young daughter continued to hunt House arrest. Hu Jia was formally arrested in February 2008. On April 3, 2008, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for "subversive machinations". Reporters Without Borders called Hu Jia "one of the outstanding representatives of the peaceful struggle for freedom of expression in China." On October 23, 2008, the European Parliament awarded him the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Amnesty International criticized Hu's conviction for contradicting Beijing's pledges that the human rights situation would improve before the Olympics. The human rights organization sees the judgment as a warning to other activists in China who dare to openly address human rights issues.

His sentence ended on June 26, 2011.

activism

Hu Jia became interested in environmental issues during his student days and participated in various environmental organizations, including the Friends of Nature led by Liang Congjie and the Green Camp University student environmental camp led by Tang Xiyang. In 1998, Hu Jia helped rescue a wild elk that was threatened by severe flooding that year. Hu worked to protect the Tibetan antelope, which was slaughtered for its fur.

In May 2005, Hu took part in an anti-Japan demonstration. The Human Rights Group in China reported the arrests of at least eight dissidents who participated in these anti-Japanese protests, including Xu Wanping, who served eight years in prison for his role in the 1989 democracy movement; Li Guotao from Shanghai; Li Xiaolong and Xue Zhenbiao from Guangxi Province; Li Renke and Zeng Ning from Guizhou City; Leng Wanbao from Jilin Province and Hu Jia, AIDS activist from Beijing.

In 2006, Beijing Zhiaixing Information Center (the former Aizhixing Institute for Health Education), a human rights lobbying group that Hu was a part of, received a financial grant from the National Endowment for Democracy Foundation and the United States Department of State to conduct Programs within China.

In February 2006, Hu Jia was detained for 41 days. The Chinese government has not confirmed his detention. Upon returning to his home in Beijing, where he lived with his wife, Zeng Jinyan, also an AIDS activist, Hu was placed under house arrest until March 2007 . In May 2007, Hu and his wife were placed under house arrest again for "violating domestic security." Hu remained active through email and blogging during house arrest.

In November 2007, Hu took part in a hearing of the European Parliament in Brussels on human rights in China with a web camera . Speaking at the hearing, he said, “It is ironic that one of those responsible for organizing the Olympic Games is the head of the Public Security Bureau, which is responsible for so many human rights violations. It has to be taken very seriously that the official promises are not kept before the games. "

It was reported that the respected member of December 2014, Chinese Communist Party , Zhou Yongkang said to have been expelled from the party after he was accused of corruption. The next day, Hu Jia commented on Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, saying, “Zhou challenged Xi's authority and threatened his rule - so he and his gangs are now being held accountable. The bottom line is: all officials are corrupt. Xi cannot find a better excuse to get rid of his political opponents than to fight corruption - something that will help him win the hearts and minds of the masses. "

On March 4, 2018, a television team from the BBC in Beijing was able to film live how Hu was picked up from his apartment by police forces and, as it were, taken to the distant provincial city of Shenzhen ( Guangdong ) on “compulsory leave at police expense” . The deportation took place in the run-up to the session of the National People's Congress , which voted on the lifting of the term limit for President Xi Jinping. This was intended to make Hu's critical comments on this event obviously inaudible. According to Hu, similar incidents occurred during the G20 meeting and the 2014 APEC conference. Chinese human rights activists would describe this process of compulsory leave before major major events as "going away".

Imprisonment

In December 2007, Hu was arrested by police at his home in Beijing for allegedly "inciting against the authorities." His trial began in March 2008 on charges of "inciting subversion of state power and the socialist system," based on interviews Hu gave to foreign media and political articles he wrote and published on the Internet. This offense should be punished with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. In April 2008, Hu was sentenced to three years and six months in prison. Hu's wife, Zeng Jinyan, visited Hu in the prison in April 2009. She noticed that his health had deteriorated due to inadequate nutrition and medical care. Hu is said to have suffered from liver disease.

Hu was released on June 26, 2011.

illness

According to reports, Hu Jia's family learned in April 2010 that he was being admitted to the prison hospital to be examined on suspicion of liver cancer. However, his family did not receive any information about the medical findings. Hu's wife asked for a full medical report but received no response. Hu's wife and mother applied for parole to receive medical treatment, but the prison authorities refused, saying that Hu's disease was not liver cancer and that he would not be released for medical care even if he had liver cancer.

In April, Ms. Zeng posted an open letter on the Internet asking for Hu to be parole. A little later, Ms. Ai Xiaoming and Ms. Cui Weiping, two renowned university professors who are also involved in human rights activities, published an open letter on the Internet asking the public to support Ms. Zeng. In less than 10 days, over 700 people approved the open letter via email and web forms.

Awards

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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  43. ↑ Urgent Appeal by Ai Xiaoming & Cui Weiping , accessed September 18, 2017
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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Hu is the family name here, Jia is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Hu, Jia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese environmental activist
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Beijing