Chinese police have arrested a well-known online dissident for violating his terms of probation, as the country seeks to crackdown on critics in the run up to the Olympic Games.
Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei, received a suspended sentence for what the Chinese government says was subversion in 2004 and was detained by police for posting online essays in support of another dissident.
Du was released into house arrest in 2004 and was arrested this week for allegedly violating the terms of his probation by posting more than 100 articles on overseas Web sites, leaving the city, and receiving guest without notifying authorities,
Chinese police arrested Huang for "possession of state secrets" for offering to help parents of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake in May. Human Rights in China said the government was working under the banner a "peaceful Olympics" to suppress rights activists and other individuals speaking out against repression.
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