Letter from EU VP to the Moldovan government
Posted by admin in Letters and support on June 8th, 2010
Canada’s Hon. David Kilgour writes to Moldova’s Parliament
Posted by admin in Letters and support on June 6th, 2010
From the Chairwoman of European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights Ms Heidi Hautala
Posted by admin in Letters and support on May 11th, 2010
Ms Hautala wrote on 11 May a letter to the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the EU expressing concern over the disappearance of Mr Jiang Feng.
Dear Ambassador,
I am writing to you concerning the treatment of Mr Jiang Feng.
On 18 February 2010, Mr Jiang Feng travelled to Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport aiming to board Continental Airlines Flight #CO86 to Newark, U.S.A, where his wife was scheduled to meet him.
Inquiries with the Continental Airline confirmed that Mr Jiang Feng did not board the plane and his luggage was removed from the aircraft because he never arrived at the gate, although his friends witnessed him pass through security checkpoint. He did not call back to his wife and friends and his mobile phone has gone unanswered.
Given Mr Jiang’s past imprisonment for practicing Falung Gong, it is widely believed that Mr Jiang Feng was abducted by security agents and is being interrogated and abused in custody.
Dear Mr. Ambassador, I would therefore be grateful if you could inform your authorities of my strong interest in the situation of Mr Jiang Feng. In this context I would very much hope that his right to freedom of movement be fully respected permitting him to reunite with his wife and family.
I have informed Mr Jerzy Buzek, the President of the European Parliament and Mr Crescienzio Rivellini, Chairman of the European Parliament delegation for relations with China, of this letter so that this matter can be discussed in the framework of our well established inter parliamentary relations including the hearing on human rights in China the Subcommittee on Human Rights will organise on 15 July 2010.
Yours sincerely,
Heidi Hautala
Amnesty International URGENT ACTION – arrest of Shen Yun artists’s husband
Posted by admin in Letters and support on May 11th, 2010
AI URGENT ACTION FALUN GONG PRACTITIONER MISSING IN CHINA
Falun Gong practitioner Jiang Feng went missing in Shanghai on 18 February and is believed to be detained by the Chinese authorities. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.
On 18 February, Jiang Feng went missing at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport. He checked in for his flight to New York, but never boarded the flight. Airline staff said he was taken away by public security officials after passing through the security check point. The authorities have not told Jiang Feng’s family where he is held, and their efforts to obtain information from police in Shanghai about his whereabouts have failed. Friends in China believe he may have been taken to his home city of Hefei in Anhui province, hundreds of kilometres from Shanghai.
Jiang Feng had previously been imprisoned for three years from 1999 to 2002 for his Falun Gong spiritual practice. When he went missing, he was on his way to join his wife, Mei Xuan, a musician with the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts group. She fled to the United States in 2006, following her release from four years’ imprisonment in China for practising Falun Gong. Jiang Feng may have been detained in order to pressure her to cease her involvement with the Shen Yun Performing Arts group, as some of the group’s performances includes artistic representations of the persecution of the Falun Gong.
PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in English, Chinese or your own language:
Urging the authorities to reveal Jiang Feng’s whereabouts;
Calling for his immediate release unless charged with an internationally recognized crime;
Calling for a guarantee that he will not be tortured or otherwise ill-treated while he remains in custody.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 21 JUNE 2010 TO:
Director of the Anhui Provincial Department of Public Security
XU Liquan Tingzhang
Anhuisheng Gong’anting
282 Anqinglu
Hefeishi 230061
Anhuisheng
People’s Republic of China
Fax: +86 551 2801208
Salutation: Dear Director
Director of the Hefei City Public Security Bureau
Shouqunlu 290
Hefeishi 230041
Anhuisheng
People’s Republic of China
Salutation: Dear Director
And copies to:
Minister of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China
MENG Jianzhu Buzhang
Gong’anbu
14 Dongchang’anjie
Dongchengqu
Beijingshi 100741
People’s Republic of China
Salutation: Dear Minister
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives of China accredited to your country. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
Copy of Oblconcerteservice Odessa cancellation letter (translation forthcoming)
Posted by admin in Letters and support on May 4th, 2010
Statement from Congressman Joseph Cao (R-LA) at Capitol Hill information session
Posted by admin in Letters and support on January 30th, 2010
“I am just here to show my support to the Shen Yun Performing Arts. I believe that with respect to the human rights issues in China, everyone of us must know that the Chinese government is one of the most outrageous violators of human rights. And again they are not allowing the Shen Yun Performing Arts to go in to China to perform there. It is just another indication of how the Chinese government are trying to suppress any kind of expression that will challenge their right to supremacy, Read the rest of this entry »
Statement from Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) at Capitol Hill information session
Posted by admin in Letters and support on January 30th, 2010
Letter from Congressman Bilirakis to Hong Kong authorities
Posted by admin in Letters and support on January 29th, 2010
“I urge you to take action…”
Congressman Rohrabacher’s Statement
Posted by admin in Letters and support on January 29th, 2010
“These local officials were following the lead of their overlords in Beijing. It is always sad to see censorship and repression of this kind spreading to places like Hong Kong, who were once beacons of freedom and hope in the world…”
