China: Police detain website founder in raid

13 March 2014 The Chinese authorities must immediately release the founder of a human rights website who has been detained following a police raid on his home, said Amnesty International.Huang Qi, founder of the website 64 Tianwang, was taken away by 11 police officers in Chengdu, in south west China, at around 3pm on Thursday. Police also seized computers, mobile phones and USB sticks. The detention is the latest in a series of raids in the past week against individuals that write for 64 Tianwang. All have been accused of "picking quarrels and provoking troubles”.“There now appears to be…

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