Attacks on the Press in 2010 - Committee to Protect Journalists

<strong>Attacks</strong> on the Press in 2010and promoted environmental protection. His writings, which appearedon his blog, criticized the Communist Party’s human rights record,called for democratic reform, and condemned government corruption.They included an open letter to the international communityabout China’s failure to fulfill pledges to improve human rights beforethe 2008 Olympics. He frequently provided information to other activistsand foreign media to highlight human rights abuses in China.Hu’s wife, human rights activist Zeng Jinyan, applied in April 2008for medical parole for her husband, who suffered from chronic liverdisease, but the request was turned down, according to updates postedon her blog, Liao Liao Yuan. The day of the Olympic opening ceremonyin August 2008, Zeng was taken to the city of Dalian, Liaoningprovince, and only allowed to return to her Beijing home after 16 days.She reported this on her blog with no further explanation.The European Parliament awarded Hu a prestigious human rights accolade,the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in October 2008.The Chinese ambassador to the European Union warned that the prizewould “bring serious damage to China-EU relations,” according to TheAssociated Press.In October 2008, Hu was transferred to the Beijing Municipal Prison,according to Zeng’s blog. He raised human rights issues in jail,prompting security officials to cut off family visitation rights fromNovember 2008 to February 2009, according to online news reports.Zeng reported that Hu’s health was deteriorating and that the prisondid not have facilities to treat his liver condition.Human Rights Watch awarded Hu a Hellman/Hammett grant forpersecuted writers in October 2009.imprisoned: march 26, 2008Dhondup Wangchen, Filming for TibetPolice in Tongde, Qinghai province, arrested Wangchen, a Tibetandocumentary filmmaker, shortly after he sent footage filmed in Tibetto colleagues, according to the production company, Filming for Tibet.A 25-minute film titled “Jigdrel” (Leaving Fear Behind) was producedfrom the tapes. Wangchen’s assistant, Jigme Gyatso, was also arrested,once in March 2008, and again in March 2009, after speaking outabout his treatment in prison, Filming for Tibet said.Filming for Tibet was founded in Switzerland by Gyaljong Tsetrin, arelative of Wangchen, who left Tibet in 2002 but maintained contactwith people there. Tsetrin told CPJ that he had spoken to Wangchen356