Annual Report: China 2011  May 28, 2011  Annual Report: China
2011  View More Research    • Prominent human rights lawyer Gao
Zhisheng, who had "disappeared" while in the custody of public
security officials in February 2009, remained unaccounted for
after briefly resurfacing in April.   • Chen Guangcheng, who was
released from prison on 9 September, and his wife, remained
under house arrest. They could not leave their home, even to
seek medical care.   • Tian Xi, who contracted HIV and hepatitis
B and C through a blood transfusion in 1996 when he was nine
years old, was tried on 21 September on charges of
"intentionally damaging property". For years, Tian Xi had
lobbied the hospital for compensation for himself and others
infected through blood transfusions there. On 2 August, he lost
his temper in a meeting at the hospital and knocked some items
off a desk. Through a legal loophole his trial was suspended,
allowing the authorities to keep him in indefinite detention.
Detention without trial  The use of ill