This is not Olympic footage. Mother and child under house arrest.
This Channel 4 television report shows Zeng Jinyan and her 8 week old daughter through the window of their Beijing apartment. Jinyan's husband Hu Jia was taken from the couple's home on 27 December 2007. He is still being held incommunicado and based on Chinese Government claims that he was "inciting subversion of state power".
The Channel 4 report shows the contradiction of the China that authorities want to portray and the one that exists in the background.
Hu Jia and Zeng Jinyan made documentaries and wrote blogs about human rights and democracy. The pair are peaceful human rights defenders whose ability to speak out, travel, leave their homes and live a life without surveillance has been removed by Chinese authorities.
The Channel 4 piece also shows footage of human rights lawyer, Chen Guangcheng - another person subject to house arrest, detention and charges of "inciting subversion of state power" for expressing his opinion and speaking out against human rights abuses in China.
What you can do
- Read more information about the couple
Read the recent New York Times article about the couple and watch a 6 minute excerpt of their documentary. You can ask your local Amnesty International Australia office for a copy of the documentary.
Comments
Sophie | Posted on 31 January 2008, 05:01PM | Report comment
I would like to extend my thanks for pointing out and apologies for making the error in the first place. Quite right - this great footage is from Channel 4 !
Simone Tyson | Posted on 31 January 2008, 08:45AM | Report comment
Hi, this is a channel 4 report not a BBC report. You may need to correct this for accuracy as the two are different channels and unrelated. Other than that this is great footage and to be shown.