Huang Qi

China: Formal arrest and detention of human rights defender Huang Qi

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the formal arrest and detention of human rights defender Huang Qi. Huang Qi is a human rights defender, based in Chengdu City in Sichuan province and founder of the Tianwang Human Rights Centre, who had been advocating on behalf of parents whose children were killed when their schools collapsed following the earthquake of 12 May 2008. Huang Qi previously spent five years in prison on charges of ''inciting subversion of state power," in connection with articles posted on his website www.64tianwang.com, and was released from jail in 2005.  Read More

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