News: AFTER TWO MONTHS WITHOUT NEWS, AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF ‘KIDNAPPING’ BLOGGER

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AFTER TWO MONTHS WITHOUT NEWS,
AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF ‘KIDNAPPING’ BLOGGER


Reporters Without Borders today said it considered Chinese blogger
Hao Wu to be the victim of state abduction as more than two months
have gone by since his arrest by the National Security Bureau in
Beijing without his family getting any news about him. His lawyer has
not been allowed to see him, but has been told his client is under
house arrest.

"This case shows the Chinese security services operate without any
control by the courts," Reporters Without Borders said. "Hao is
the victim of an arbitrary system that interprets the law as it sees
fit. We call on European and American diplomats to raised his case at
their meetings with the Chinese authorities. We are curious know how
they will justify the National Security Bureau’s procedures."

http://spaces.msn.com/wuhaofamily/blog/


http://ethanzuckerman.com/haowu


In a message posted yesterday on her blog
(http://spaces.msn.com/wuhaofamily/blog/), Hao’s sister, Na Wu, said
she had hired a lawyer who asked three questions during an interview
with the National Security Bureau on 21 April: why his client is being
held longer than allowed by the law, why the authorities refuse to
inform his client’s family, and why they refuse to let him see his
client, which they should have done within the first 48 hours of his
arrest.

The National Security Bureau replied that these were just
"misunderstandings." Hao was no longer in detention, he was under
"house arrest," the bureau said. At the same time, the case was
"classified," which explained why no information had been given
about the charges against Hao and where he was being held. Finally,
neither Hao’s family or his lawyer had been allowed to see him
because they had not formally requested it, the bureau added.<!–
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\nNa said she has never been directly notified about her brother\’s\narrest. The classified nature of the arrest is completely new and has\nnever previously been mentioned by the bureau. Hao\’s lawyer also\nposts comments on his blog. He wrote that Hao should have been placed\nunder "house arrest" no more than 30 days after his arrest.\nCalling the case "classified" was just a pretext for not\ndisclosing the charges against Hao, he added.
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\nNa finished her latest message with the follow comments: "If you\nhave already visited my blog and are already aware of the efforts we\nhave undertaken since his arrest, you will understand how unconvincing\nthe National Security Bureau\’s explanations and excuses are." In a\nphone with Reporters Without Borders, she added: "The police have\nmade it clear to me that they are aware of everything I have said and\ndone."
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\nHao has a blog called Beijing or Bust in which he writes under\nthe pseudonym of  Beijing Loafer. He is also the North-East Asia\neditor of the website Global Voices, to which he contributes\nunder name of  Tian Yi. He was arrested on 22 February while\npreparing a report on China\’s underground protestant churches.
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\nGlobal Voices has set up a Hao support site: \nhttp://ethanzuckerman.com/haowu

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\nDEUX MOIS SANS NOUVELLES DU BLOGGER HAO WU : REPORTERS SANS\nFRONTIERES DENONCE UN "KIDNAPPING"
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\nLa famille du blogger Hao Wu est sans nouvelles de lui plus de\ndeux mois après son arrestation par le Bureau de la sécurité\npublique (PSB) de Pékin. Son avocat, qui n\’a toujours pas été\nautorisé à le voir, a toutefois été informé du transfert de\nson client dans une "résidence surveillée".”,1]
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Na said she has never been directly notified about her brother’s
arrest. The classified nature of the arrest is completely new and has
never previously been mentioned by the bureau. Hao’s lawyer also
posts comments on his blog. He wrote that Hao should have been placed
under "house arrest" no more than 30 days after his arrest.
Calling the case "classified" was just a pretext for not
disclosing the charges against Hao, he added.

Na finished her latest message with the follow comments: "If you
have already visited my blog and are already aware of the efforts we
have undertaken since his arrest, you will understand how unconvincing
the National Security Bureau’s explanations and excuses are." In a
phone with Reporters Without Borders, she added: "The police have
made it clear to me that they are aware of everything I have said and
done."

Hao has a blog called Beijing or Bust in which he writes under
the pseudonym of  Beijing Loafer. He is also the North-East Asia
editor of the website Global Voices, to which he contributes
under name of  Tian Yi. He was arrested on 22 February while
preparing a report on China’s underground protestant churches.

Global Voices has set up a Hao support site:
http://ethanzuckerman.com/haowu

Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

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