Hao Wu, the China Editor, at Global Voices Online, has been detained in China since February 22, 2006, without a reason, without trial.

From the Website:

"Many friends and supporters of Hao Wu have asked what they can do to hasten our friendís release. Hundreds of you have put badges on your blogs and webpages to call attention to Hao Wuís detention, and this support has helped generate media interest in the situation.

We'd hoped that media pressure would lead to Hu Jintao to release Hao prior to his upcoming meeting with President Bush. Unfortunately, this looks increasingly unlikely. So today weíre launching a letter-writing campaign and a petition to ask for Hao's immediate release.

Rebecca launched the letter writing campaign earlier today, and weíre encouraging readers to write to their national governments, to the Chinese Ambassadors in their nation, to their local newspapers, and to Chinese President Hu Jintao. Her post offers key pieces of information to include in letters or op-eds as well some useful addresses.

We'd ask anyone reading this post to please sign the petition and pass the URL onto friends who might be inclined to sign it as well. Your email address is required to sign the petition, but it won't be published. If you're able to translate the petition into another language, please let us know - we'd like to make the document available in as many languages as possible.

Thanks for your support and thanks for caring about our friend."

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