Detained AIDS Activist Plans to Sue China
The Associated Press | The New York Times
April 1, 2006
BEIJING (AP) -- A prominent AIDS activist who accuses Chinese security forces of abducting and holding him for 41 days said Friday he would sue the government for improperly detaining him.
Hu Jia, who was released Tuesday, said it appeared he was taken because he helped spearhead a hunger strike to protest violence against dissidents.
''I can't keep quiet about this,'' Hu said in an interview at a Beijing cafe while plainclothes security agents watched from a distance. ''I must take these actions to file a lawsuit and let them know that the Chinese people will still let their voices be heard.''
Telephones at the Beijing Public Security Bureau, whose officers Hu said took part in the abduction, were not answered Friday.
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I wish him luck. With China's judiciary system improving, there's no telling what the outcome might be.
Here are some examples of ordinary people suing the Chinese government (and winning):
- A landmark eminent domain abuse case where government's National Land Resource Department lost after farmers appeal their case to the intermediate court:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2005-03/21/content_2722269.htm
150农民一审告赢国土资源部
- Example of lower level court ruling against city government:
Hunan ZhangJiaJie 4 Farmers Prevail Over City Government. Ruling Reverses Administration's Action
http://hn.rednet.com.cn/Articles/2004/12/641916.HTM
湖南张家界四农民告赢市政府 判决撤销行政行为
- http://www.chinacourt.org/public/detail.php?id=108019
Shanghai Municipal Rail Bureau lost to 49 farmers
- http://www.cb123.net/NewsNews/c/2005-07-25/09186520817s.shtml
City of Chongqing lost to 5 farmers
- http://www.cpd.com.cn/gb/newspaper/2005-06/03/content_453064.htm
Jiangu Provincial Rail Bureau lost to laborer, after good samaritan help to file court case