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(Independent Chinese PEN Center, 22 October 2008) This PEN Center (ICPC) expresses its cheerfulness to have seen the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on the Reporting Activities of Permanent Offices of Foreign News Agencies and Foreign Journalists issued by China’s State Council 5 days ago, thus putting an end to the Administrative Regulations Governing Foreign Journalists and Permanent Offices of Foreign News Agencies being valid for nearly 19 years, and making
Award of European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize to Hu Jia hailed as
“great victory for Chinese prisoners of conscience”
Today’s decision by the European Parliament to award the 2008 Sakharov
Prize for Freedom of Thought to* Hu Jia*, a Chinese human rights
activist held since December 2007 for posting articles online and giving
interviews to foreign journalists, is welcomed with enthusiasm by
Reporters Without Borders.
“Europe is sending a very strong message of
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中国：异议作家胡石根获释
国际笔会狱中作家委员会欢迎已系狱16年3月的大学讲师、政治活动家、异议作家胡石根于2008年8月26日获释。国际笔会对他仍受限制保持关注，并提醒中国当局须遵守联合国《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》第19条。
据国际笔会信息，现年53岁的胡石根于1992年9月27日被捕，1994年12月16日被北京中级人民法院以“领导反革命集团罪”和“反革命宣传煽动罪”判刑20年、剥夺政治权利5年。他是1992年4、5月间遭拘捕的中国自由民主党(CFDP)和中国自由工会(CFTU)的十多名成员之一，他们当时正计划在中国许多主要城市举行纪念1989年“六四”的活动。作为CFDP和CFTU创始人，胡石根为这两个组织起草了一系列关键文件，并积极呼吁追究政府1989年6月暴力镇压民主运动的责任。据报道，在经历了多年狱中折磨之后，他的健康状况很差。
胡石根在狱中获得数次减刑，最近一次是2008年5月。虽然胡石根现已获释，但是他仍被正式剥夺言论自由权、结社权、集会权及为国家机构工作的正当权利。