100 underskrifter nådda
Till: Chen Xu, ambassadör vid Kinas representation till Förenta Nationerna i Genève
Frige den fängslade svensk-kinesiske förläggaren Gui Minhai
Kampanjen är avslutad.
Dear ambassador,
Chinese-born Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai was first detained in October 2015. Hereafter he was held incommunicado for months before reappearing on state-run TV in China, claiming to have turned himself to the authorities. Gui Minhai was released in October 2017 but re-arrested in January 2018. In January 2020 he was sentenced to ten years in prison by a Chinese court, allegedly for ‘illegally provided intelligence overseas’.
Gui Minhai was tried and convicted in secret, denied any chance of a fair trial. Although China is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which provides for freedom of legitimate expression, the right not to be arbitrarily detained and the right to a fair trial, Gui Minhai has now spent more than eight years in detention. His daughter has not been in contact with him since 2018 and does not know where he is imprisoned. This deplorable handling and verdict given to Gui Minhai on completely unsubstantiated charges demonstrates yet again Chinese authorities’ disrespect of international human rights law.
More people are engaged in this issue due to China’s total lack of respect for Gui Minhai’s human rights and for the country’s serious breach of the fundamental rights to freedom of expression and association.
We, the undersigned, condemn the detention of Gui Minhai continuously and strongly, and to call for his immediate and unconditional release.
Chinese-born Swedish publisher and writer Gui Minhai was first detained in October 2015. Hereafter he was held incommunicado for months before reappearing on state-run TV in China, claiming to have turned himself to the authorities. Gui Minhai was released in October 2017 but re-arrested in January 2018. In January 2020 he was sentenced to ten years in prison by a Chinese court, allegedly for ‘illegally provided intelligence overseas’.
Gui Minhai was tried and convicted in secret, denied any chance of a fair trial. Although China is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which provides for freedom of legitimate expression, the right not to be arbitrarily detained and the right to a fair trial, Gui Minhai has now spent more than eight years in detention. His daughter has not been in contact with him since 2018 and does not know where he is imprisoned. This deplorable handling and verdict given to Gui Minhai on completely unsubstantiated charges demonstrates yet again Chinese authorities’ disrespect of international human rights law.
More people are engaged in this issue due to China’s total lack of respect for Gui Minhai’s human rights and for the country’s serious breach of the fundamental rights to freedom of expression and association.
We, the undersigned, condemn the detention of Gui Minhai continuously and strongly, and to call for his immediate and unconditional release.
Varför är det viktigt?
Svenska PEN vill uppmana alla att skriva under detta brev som kräver att kinesiska myndigheter omedelbart och villkorslöst släpper Gui Minhai.
Gui Minhai är svensk-kinesisk författare, poet och bokförläggare. Han frihetsberövades första gången i oktober 2015 och sedan igen 2018. Han har tvingats till ”bekännelser” i kinesisk tv och under 2020 dömdes han till tio års fängelse i en skenrättegång för att ha ”tillhandahållit information till främmande makt”. Hans egentliga ”brott” är med stor sannolikhet att ha publicerat regimkritiska böcker, men ingen har fått se den så kallande domen. Hans dotter har inte haft kontakt med honom sedan 2018 och vet inte var han sitter fängslad.
Namninsamlingen är en del av en internationell kampanj som uppmärksammar Gui Minhais fall och som syftar till hans frigivande. Läs mer om den internationella kampanjen här: https://www.pen-international.org/our-campaigns/case-list-2023-2024.
Brevet ovan (på engelska) kommer att skickas till Chen Xu, ambassadör vid Kinas representation till Förenta Nationerna i Genève och vid de internationella organisationerna i Genève.
Gui Minhai är svensk-kinesisk författare, poet och bokförläggare. Han frihetsberövades första gången i oktober 2015 och sedan igen 2018. Han har tvingats till ”bekännelser” i kinesisk tv och under 2020 dömdes han till tio års fängelse i en skenrättegång för att ha ”tillhandahållit information till främmande makt”. Hans egentliga ”brott” är med stor sannolikhet att ha publicerat regimkritiska böcker, men ingen har fått se den så kallande domen. Hans dotter har inte haft kontakt med honom sedan 2018 och vet inte var han sitter fängslad.
Namninsamlingen är en del av en internationell kampanj som uppmärksammar Gui Minhais fall och som syftar till hans frigivande. Läs mer om den internationella kampanjen här: https://www.pen-international.org/our-campaigns/case-list-2023-2024.
Brevet ovan (på engelska) kommer att skickas till Chen Xu, ambassadör vid Kinas representation till Förenta Nationerna i Genève och vid de internationella organisationerna i Genève.