Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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China Aid Association

 to teddybear

 from info@chinaaid.org

Three Christian Leaders Continue to Suffer,
Blind Activist Beaten

February 16, 2011





China Aid Association

Here are updates of some major persecution cases ChinaAid has 
been following:

Gao Zhisheng - Christian human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng 
was kidnapped over 740 days ago.  He resurfaced briefly in the
 March of 2010 (read the AP report of his interview), but
 disappeared in April and has not been heard from since. 
 The Chinese embassy has repeatedly rejected the petition
 to free Gao, signed by nearly 150,000 people worldwide. 
 His whereabouts are still unknown. Bob Fu recently called 
for Gao’s release at a press conference with Congressman 
Frank Wolf on January 18, 2010 (watch video report). 
Visit FreeGao.com for more.

Alimujiang Yimiti - In far western China's Xinjiang region,
 authorities sentenced Uyghur Christian Alimujiang to 15 
years in prison on trumped up charges of leaking state 
secrets. In a welcome development last December,
 Xinjiang's People's High Court agreed to review the 
case. No decision has yet been announced. ChinaAid 
continues to support Alimujiang's family and to fund his
 legal defense, and will continue to do so until he is free.
 Visit FreeAlim.com to learn more about his case.

Dr. Fan Yafeng - Dr. Fan, a leading advocate of 
constitutional democracy and the head of Christian 
Human Rights Lawyers of China, the Shengshan (Holy 
Mountain) Culture Research Institute and the Shengshan 
(Holy Mountain) Church, remains under house arrest 
since his return home from police detention on December 
18, 2011.  During his arrest he was tortured for several 
days.  Nineteen Beijing lawyers have written a letter 
protesting the torture of Fan and Gao.

Chen Guangcheng

Last week, ChinaAid received a breathtaking hour
-long video about Chen Guangcheng, the blind self-
taught human rights lawyer who exposed 130,000 
mass forced abortions and forced sterilizations in 
Linyi County, Shandong Province, in 2005. Chen 
was released at the end of a four-year jail term on 
September 9, 2010, but has since been under daily 
house arrest.

The video shows Chen, his wife and daughter living 
in miserable conditions, cut off from all outside contact,
 and detained illegally in their home. Chen describes
 being monitored daily by three shifts of agents with
 each shift consisting of 22 people.

Chen and his wife Yuan speak with unfailing spirit and 
brave hearts to expose their inhuman treatment from
 the Chinese government.  He thanks supporters from
 around the world, and he indicates that he will never
 stop fighting for justice and rule of law.

Since its release, the video has received more than 
33,000 hits on YouTube.

Soon after the video’s release, ChinaAid learned tha
t Chen Guangcheng and his wife were beaten by
 the police for releasing the video. They were beaten 
so severely that they were unable to move from 
their bed, and they were denied the right to go to 
the hospital for medical care.

"By taking further brutal action against this family,” 
said Bob Fu, “the Chinese government has not only 
shown total contempt for the rule of law in China, 
but also its determination to continue this absolute 
wrong path toward more disregard of its own citizens’ 
basic rights and freedom. We call for the leaders of
 the free world, especially the US and the European 
Union, to take immediate steps to help this family 
before more tragedies occur."

Visit Free Guangcheng, a primarily Chinese website,
 for information on writing to Chen.

ChinaAid Press Releases
BBC - China activist Chen Guangcheng 'beaten'
AFP - US concerned on China activist: official
Women’s Rights without Frontiers - China: Blind
 Activist “Beaten Senseless” for Smuggled Video
Associated Press - Secret video released of detained 
Chinese lawyer


Join the Efforts to Free Gao, Alim, Dr. Fan, and 
Chen
Please consider joining your efforts with ours, and 
help spread the word!  Share about the plights of these
 men with your friends.  Encourage them to visit the 
websites, sign the petitions, write letters, consider 
partnering with ChinaAid financially, and most of all
 pray for these men, their families and their persecutors.
  The ChinaAid team will not rest until these men are free,
 and we urge you to join us today. 

To make a donation:



P. O. Box 8513, Midland, TX 79708, USA |
 info@ChinaAid.org | (888)889-7757

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