{"id":14594,"date":"2018-12-03T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14594"},"modified":"2018-12-02T04:19:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T08:19:24","slug":"huang-qis-fight-for-human-rights-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/huang-qis-fight-for-human-rights-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Huang Qi\u2019s Fight for Human Rights in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huang Qi\u00a0(\u9ec4\u7426) is a\u00a0Chinese\u00a0webmaster and\u00a0human rights activist.<\/p>\n

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Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

In 1998 Huang Qi founded (\u521b\u529echu\u00e0ng b\u00e0n) the 64 Tianwang\u00a0<\/a>website to disseminate reports about Chinese citizens who had been trafficked and disappeared. He used his website to counter\u00a0human trafficking (\u4eba\u53e3\u8d29\u5356r\u00e9n k\u014fu\u00a0f\u00e0n m\u00e0) in China, and to help find missing people. Gradually his website expanded to object any human rights abuse in China. Huang Qi reported on human rights violations, allegations of government corruption and police brutality.<\/p>\n

Not long after, in June 2000, he was arrested. He was detained (\u62d8\u7559\u00a0j\u016b li\u00fa<\/em>) without sentencing for two years, accused of incitement (\u717d\u52a8sh\u0101n d\u00f2ng) to overthrow (\u63a8\u7ffbtu\u012b f\u0101n) the government. He was denied visitors, forced to sleep on the floor and was repeatedly beaten. While still imprisoned, Huang Qi awarded Reporters Without Borders\u2019 Cyberfreedom Prize for 2004. He was released (\u51fa\u72f1\u00a0ch\u016b y\u00f9) in 2005, after five years in prison (\u5728\/\u4e8e\u72f1\u4e2dz\u00e0i\/y\u00fa y\u00f9 zh\u014dng).<\/p>\n

In 2008, the devastating 7.9 magnitude Sichuan earthquake killed almost 90,000 people. According to UNICEF,<\/a>\u00a0about 12,000 schools across Sichuan were damaged by the earthquake. Thousands of students were crushed to death when their school buildings collapsed (\u5012\u584cd\u01ceo t\u0101) on them. The poorly built schools became known as a \u201ctofu-dreg project\u201d\u00a0(\u8c46\u8150\u6e23\u5de5\u7a0bd\u00f2u fu zh\u0101 g\u014dng ch\u00e9ng). Complaints about the poor construction of the buildings were raised, and Huang Qi who wished to help the parents to file a claim, posted their appeals and complaints on his website. He was soon arrested and sentenced (\u5224\u5904p\u00e0n ch\u01d4) for three years.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Chinese authorities came forth with a campaign against the 64 Tianwang website and its contributors. Huang Qi was arrested again on suspicion of \u201cleaking state secrets\u201d (\u63d0\u4f9b\u56fd\u5bb6\u79d8\u5bc6t\u00ed g\u014dng gu\u00f3 ji\u0101 m\u00ec m\u00ec) after posting a city government document regarding Huang Qi and his volunteers as crackdown targets.<\/p>\n

Waiting for his trial, Huang Qi became the subject of abuse in detention. He was been interrogated frequently, forced to stand long hours, and brutally beaten. His health problems got worse after been deprived medical treatment. Pu Wenqign (\u84b2\u6587\u6e05), Huang Qi\u2019s 85-year-old mother, is appealing to the world for help. She worried (\u62c5\u5fe7d\u0101n y\u014du) her severely sick (\u8eab\u60a3\u91cd\u75c5sh\u0113n hu\u00e0n zh\u00f2ng b\u00ecng) son will die in prison. In a short video from October she tells about Huang Qi\u2019s poor conditions and hostile treatment in jail:<\/p>\n