Yang Chunlin

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Yang Chunlin (Chinese: 杨春林; Pinyin: Yáng Chūnlín; born 1954) is a human rights activist in China. Yang has published numerous articles on human rights and land rights. In 2007, he helped organise a petition entitled, "We want human rights, not the Olympics."[1] The petition reportedly collected over ten thousand signatures.[2]

Yang was arrested in July 2007 and charged with "inciting subversion of state power".[3] His trial began in February 2008 in the city of Jiamusi.[4][5] Yang was sentenced to five years in prison on 24 March 2008.[6] He maintained his innocence throughout the trial. During and after the hearing at which he was sentenced, Yang was reportedly beaten with an electric rod on at least two occasions.[7][8]

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  1. ^ Human Rights Watch 2008, 'HRW World Report 2008: Events in China in 2007', www.china.hrw.org, no date. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  2. ^ Associated Press 2007, 'China arrests anti-Olympics activist', ABC News (US), 3 September. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  3. ^ Beck, L. 2008, 'China foreign minister defends rights record', Reuters, 28 February. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  4. ^ Fang Yuan & Yan Xiu 2008, 'China tries land activist who opposed Olympics', Radio Free Asia, 19 February. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  5. ^ Dickie, M. 2008, 'Beijing dismisses rights fears', Financial Times, 28 February. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  6. ^ Associated Press 2008, 'China to increase torch security after protest', CNN, 24 March. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
  7. ^ Radio Free Asia 2008, 'Human rights trail', Radio Free Asia, 24 March. (Cantonese)
  8. ^ Fan, M. 2008, 'Protestors disrupt lighting of torch in ancient Olympia', The Washington Post, 25 March. Retrieved on 25 March 2008.
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