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Yang Jianli: 1249 days in prison in China
1249
days in jail since Yang Jianli, a Chinese-American citizen, has been
arrested in China in 2002, with charges of espionage and illegal
entering in the country. He is one of the so called cyber-dissident in
jail in the world and China is the biggest prison for them. He moved to
America after the Tiananmen Square facts in 1989, earned two Ph.D.s and
founded the Foundation for China in the 21st Century. For his political
activism, his aim to introduce democracy in China and his articles
published on the net, Jianli was blacklisted by Chinese government. So,
once he came back to his country to investigate about some strikes in
the North-East, he was immediately arrested by authorities.
According
to Reporters sans frontières there are 70 cyber-dissidents imprisoned for their activities on the net: 62 are in China.
I met on the net months ago Christina Fu, Jianli's wife. She told me
her husband's story. She told me they have two children in America,
Aaron and Anita, who haven't seen their father since four years. She
told me Jianli, before been charged, was in prison until 2004: two
years without a sentence. He could saw his lawyer only twice and he
suffered even a stroke last year. She's very worried.
If you want to know more about Yang Jianli, visit the blog his wife is writing.
See also my photoblog.
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