CHINA—On the morning of Feb. 9, while Hua Huiqi, a renowned human rights activist and Christian in Beijing, was still under criminal detention, his 77-year-old mother Shuang Shuying was arrested by Beijing Public Safety Bureau police. They also threatened to arrest Hua’s older brother.
On Jan. 26, hundreds of people gathered outside the Beijing People’s Congress Political Consulting Conference office wanting to appeal to the People’s Congress. Police dispersed the crowd and arrested Hua Huiqi. On Feb. 5, the Zhaoyang District Police Station sent Hua’s family an arrest notice. The notice stated: “At 6 a.m. on Jan. 27, Hua Huiqi was picked up for criminal detention for obstruction of justice. Hua is currently detained in the Zhaoyang Detention Center.” There wasn’t any information about how long Hua would be detained, the name of the officers in charge or the date the case was processed.
