Activist Faces Charges Over Web Posts
An AP newswire article by Audra Ang on Yahoo! News reveals that:
A Chinese political activist goes on trial next week on subversion charges after posting essays and lyrics to a punk song on the Internet, a human rights group said Thursday.
Zhang Lin was detained Jan. 29 in his hometown of Bengbu, in the eastern province of Anhui, after returning from Beijing, where he unsuccessfully tried to attend a memorial service for ousted Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang.
Zhang goes on trial next week for posting almost 200 essays on the Internet, including one that quotes lyrics from a punk song that authorities say incite subversion of state power, Human Rights in China said in a statement.
Zhang has gone on hunger strikes twice to protest his detention and physical abuse while in captivity, the group said.
posted by Fergie @ 6/16/2005 09:28:00 AM
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