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Urgent Action Update: Risk Of Unfair Trial For Forcibly Returned Activist (China: UA 259.15)

August 9, 2017

Dong Guangping’s court hearing scheduled for April 2017 has been cancelled by authorities with no reason provided. Charged with “subverting state power” and “crossing the national border illegally”, Dong Guangping has been held incommunicado since his forced return from Thailand in 2015. He is at risk of torture and unfair trial.

Dong Guangping’s court hearing scheduled for April 2017 has been cancelled by authorities with no reason provided. Charged with “subverting state power” and “crossing the national border illegally”, Dong Guangping has been held incommunicado since his forced return from Thailand in 2015. He is at risk of torture and unfair trial. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Ensure that Dong Guangping is tried in line with international fair trial standards and not for the peaceful exercise of his human rights;
  • Ensure that while in detention Dong Guangping is not subjected to torture or other ill-treatment, has regular, unrestricted access to his family, lawyers of his choice, and medical care on request or as necessary;
  • Cease requesting other countries return individuals to China in violation of international law.

Contact these two officials by 18 December, 2017:

Director of Chongqing Municipal No.2 Detention Centre Chongqing Shi Dier Kanshousuo 6 Shengan Lu Fusheng Zhen Jiangbei Qu Chongqing Shi 401133 People’s Republic of China Salutation: Dear Director

Ambassador Tiankai Cui Embassy of the People’s Republic of China 3505 International Place NW, Washington DC 20008 Fax: 1 202 495 2138 Phone: 1 202 495 2000 Email: [email protected] OR [email protected] (If you receive an error message, please try calling instead!) Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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