Chinese Rights Acitivist Hu Jia Nominated for Nobel Prize

Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the second year in a row.

An outspoken activist on AIDS and environmental issues, Hu Jia has also called for an official inquiry into the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

In April 2008, Hu was sentenced to 3.5 years for so-called “inciting subversion of state power.”

Despite his imprisonment, Hu’s human rights work continues to be recognized around the world.

In October 2008, he was awarded the “Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought” by the European Parliament. The prize was said to acknowledge “the daily struggle for freedom of all Chinese human rights defenders.”

Other nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize include Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Colombian peace broker Piedad Cordoba.

The prize winner will be announced on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

(NTDTV)