Research status: Details pending / research in progress.
Hu Shigen is a veteran Chinese pro-democracy activist and underground Christian/church leader. Existing USCIRF and Human Rights Watch evidence records earlier democracy activity, detention in the 2015 “709” crackdown, a 2016 sentence of 7.5 years, and release on March 26, 2023.
Sources: USCIRF current/prisoner profile; Human Rights Watch 709 reporting.
Research still pending: 1990s democracy-network records, house-church materials, detention/indictment/judgment documents, prison and release records, writings/sermons, family and lawyer statements, multilingual media, video, audio and images.
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