Chinese Human Rights Defenders-June 24.- CHRD learned today that Liu Xiaobo, signatory of Charter 08 and prominent intellectual, was formally arrested for "inciting subversion of state power" on June 23. He had been detained since December 8, 2008.
Police from the Beijing Public Security Bureau (PSB) National Security Unit delivered Liu Xiaobo's formal arrest notice dated June 23 to his wife, Liu Xia (??), at about 11 am today. The police also told Liu Xia that Mo Shaoping (???), one of the best-known human rights lawyers in China, cannot represent Liu Xiaobo, even though Liu Xia had retained Mo and Shang Baojun (???), a lawyer from the Mo Shaoping Law Firm, to be Liu Xiaobo's defense lawyers. According to the authorities, Mo cannot be Liu Xiaobo's lawyer because he is also a signatory of Charter 08. Liu Xiaobo's detention and arrest are believed to be related to the authorities' suspicions that he drafted Charter 08 and organized the collection of signatures.
"We expected that Liu would be formally charged eventually," said Mo. "I will fight the decision to bar me from representing Mo in accordance with the law."
Liu Xiaobo is currently being subjected to "residential surveillance" (jianshi juzhu), a form of pre-trial detention, at an undisclosed location in Beijing. Liu has been barred from contacting the outside world except for two meetings with his wife, Liu Xia, arranged by authorities, on January 1 and March 20 in Xiaotangshan, Changping District, Beijing ...
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