Human Rights in China
September 18, 2006

HRIC has learned that intervention by the German media has resulted in injured Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai gaining admittance to one of China’s best rehabilitation hospitals. Meanwhile, local officials are harassing his friends and family.

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that intervention by the German media has resulted in injured Three Gorges activist Fu Xiancai gaining admittance to one of China’s best rehabilitation hospitals. Meanwhile, local officials are harassing Fu’s friends and family members to prevent further discussion regarding his attack. An outspoken advocate for villagers displaced for the Three Gorges Dam, Fu Xiancai was struck in the back of the neck by an unknown assailant on June 8 after local police questioned him over an interview with Fu broadcasted by German television station Das Erste in May. Fu was hospitalized after the attack and remains paralyzed from the shoulders down following an operation at the Yichang No. 1 People’s Hospital, which was paid for by the German government.