China has arrested an activist overturn, his brother and a human rights group says the authorities to strengthen their position of dissidents on Sunday, the second in less than two months and the latest sign of such arrest.
Yang, 45 years old, China's one-party state who lives in southern guangdong province a critics charge "inciting subversion" was arrested, his brother, Yang Mingzhu, said by telephone.
In China, incitement to subvert state power fee widespread criticism against the criticism of one-party rule. It carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, but the long sentence has been passed down.
Yang Mingzhu said he has received notice that his brother's arrest, on July 19, but it gave few details.
Yang said that the us-based China human rights defenders have been re-education, had spent a year, he also signed a "charter 08" - a jailed Nobel peace prize winner liu xiaobo - held political declaration calling for reform.
Propaganda team, said: "he will not hesitate to wholeheartedly tackled in helping vulnerable citizens for their own rights and promote the activities of the constitutional democracy," on its web site on Sunday.
Liberals and intellectuals in China, and hope that the new government took over this year, xi jinping, would be more tolerant of reform, but the authorities seem to suggest that they would not tolerate any challenges to their rule.
In recent months, the authorities have detained at least 16 anti-corruption activists protest, calls for the government officials said their assets.
Shenzhen futian district detention center, Yang imprisoned brother said, declined to comment.
Usually leads to a formal arrest trial. Activists detained people sometimes been released before, they had been formally arrested.
In June, authorities formally arrested a man after the incitement to subvert state power, he applied for June 4, 24 the bloody suppression of protesters in tiananmen square in Beijing anniversary of the authority certificate.



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