知情人士告诉中国人权说，黄琦的家人已经接到警方的通知，指黄琦触犯了有关国家保密法的法律，而该法律在中国涉及面极为宽泛、处罚极为严厉。
    
    “这是又一个仅仅因为要帮助他人而落入到中国国家保密法的圈套中的例证。”中国人权执行主任谭竞嫦表示：“这个法就象是一把悬在像黄琦这样的维权人士头上的剑，中共当局滥用该法，与其在四川地震后所标榜的新的媒体开放是互相矛盾的。”
    
    黄琦是“六四”天网（http://www.64tianwang.com/）的创办人，现为中国天网人权事务中心负责人。在四川地震后的几个星期中，他数次前往灾区，给灾民送去救援物资，还报道了很多有关灾区的情况。黄琦曾因在其网上发表政治上敏感的文章被以煽动颠覆国家罪判刑5年。他在 2005年获释后，开办了“六四天网”网站，广泛地支持维权活动。
    欲更多了解关于中国的国家保密制度的情况，请参阅：
    
    中国人权研究报告：《国家秘密：中国的法律迷宫》（英文）
    State Secrets: China’s Legal Labyrinth, June 12, 2007, http://hrichina.org/public/contents/41421
    
    
    Press Release: Rights Activist Huang Qi Detained on Suspicion of Holding State Secrets
    
    June 16, 2008
    
    Rights activist Huang Qi has been criminally detained on suspicion of illegally possessing state secrets after visiting the Sichuan earthquake zone and publishing news about the plight of parents who lost children in the disaster, Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned.
    
    Huang's family was informed by the police that Huang is suspected of violating China’s complex and restrictive state secrets laws, sources told HRIC. This use of the law as a sword hanging over rights activists, like Huang Qi, contradicts the reported ‘new media openness’ in China following the Sichuan earthquake.
    — Sharon Hom,
    Executive Director of HRIC
    
     Huang, founder of the website 64tianwang (http://www.64tian wang.com), has visited quake-devastated Sichuan province numerous times in recent weeks, bringing aid to victims and publishing news about the situation on the site.
    
    "This is another illustration of how a person who is only trying to help might find himself snared by China’s state secrets laws," HRIC Executive Director Sharon Hom said. "This use of the law as a sword hanging over rights activists, like Huang Qi, contradicts the reported ‘new media openness’ in China following the Sichuan earthquake."
    
    Huang previously served five years in prison for the crime of "inciting subversion of state power" over politically sensitive postings on his website. Following his release in 2005, he launched a new website that has supported a wide range of human rights causes.