Document #1014580

OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author)

Impossibility for Mr. Hu Jia to appeal his sentence [CHN 009 / 1107 / OBS 141.6]

http://www.omct.org/index.php?id=&lang=eng&actualPageNumber=1&articleSet=Appeal&articleId=7744

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ecoi.net description:
HIV / Aids activist Hu Jia has been sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for “inciting subversion of state power”; he has not been allowed to contact his lawyer in order to appeal the decision; according to reports, his health state is deteriorating
Country:
China
Source:
OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author)
Published:
21 April 2008
Original link:
http://www.omct.org/index.php?id=&lang=eng&actualPageNumber=1&articleSet=Appeal&articleId=7744
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Document ID:
1014580 (former ID 95994)

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