Human rights organisations described the December arrest as another move by the Chinese authorities to silence critics ahead of the Beijing Olympics, and 57 intellectuals from China immediately published an open letter calling for the instant release of Hu Jia.
Tūlīt pēc notikušā 57 Ķīnas inteliģences pārstāvji publicēja atklātu vēstuli, aicinot nekavējoties atbrīvot Hu Jia .