Li Xige , Coordinator of Kanglejia—a self-help organization for HIV/AIDS victims—went to the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau appeal on July 18, but was arrested by police on July 20 on charge of “assembling crowds to attack state institutions.” Chinese civil organizations and various overseas media are paying close attention to this case.
On July 26, through NGOs, The Joint United Nations Program on AIDS/HIV (UNAIDS) expressed sympathy to Li’s relatives and concern about related situations in medicine.
According to the Beijing AIDS Research Institute’s most recently released information, two Beijing lawyers have already arrived to begin their investigation into Li’s case.
Li Xige (R) with a UNAIDS coordinator stationed in China, late May, 2006 Hu Jia
