China releases rights activist Hu Jia, his wife tweets
(CNN) -- Chinese authorities have released activist Hu Jia, his wife posted Sunday on Twitter.
"On a sleepless night at 2:30, Hu Jia arrived at home. Safe, very happy. Needs to rest for a while. Thanks to each of you," Zeng Jinyan wrote in the tweet.
Zeng is married to Hu Jia, a human rights activist who served a 3 1/2-year sentence for "incitement to subvert state power," according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Hu had written a series of stories denouncing the human rights situation in China ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the group said. He also has been active on AIDS issues in China.
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"On a sleepless night at 2:30, Hu Jia arrived at home. Safe, very happy. Needs to rest for a while. Thanks to each of you," Zeng Jinyan wrote in the tweet.
Zeng is married to Hu Jia, a human rights activist who served a 3 1/2-year sentence for "incitement to subvert state power," according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Hu had written a series of stories denouncing the human rights situation in China ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the group said. He also has been active on AIDS issues in China.
( Read the rest of the, very brief, article at CNN.com )