Hada, China
Hada, a writer and activist for Mongolian rights, is three years away from completing a 15-year prison sentence and four years' deprivation of political rights for “separatism” and “espionage.” In 1992 he was a founding member of the Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance (SMDA), for the peaceful promotion of Mongolian culture and human rights. The Chinese authorities reportedly believed that the group’s underground journal threatened “national unity” and were further provoked when Hada published a book that reccounted government campaigns to suppress Mongolian culture through mass killings and political repression. Human Rights in China reports that Hada has been routinely mistreated in prison, placed in solitary confinement and handcuffed overnight to a metal “shackle board” for “resisting reform.” Other reports indicate that he has been denied proper medical care for a stomach ulcer and coronary heart disease, prevented from talking to other inmates, and allowed only limited contact with his family.

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