POSTED: 18 Sep 2014 08:32
Daughters of detained Chinese activists on Wednesday (Sep 17) demanded a meeting with President Barack Obama, saying he must double down on efforts to win their release when he meets Chinese leaders.
WASHINGTON: Daughters of detained Chinese activists on Wednesday (Sep 17) demanded a meeting with President Barack Obama, saying he must double down on efforts to win their release when he meets Chinese leaders.
Gathered on Washington’s sun-kissed Capitol lawn alongside Congressional allies, the women insisted the United States can and must do more to get their dads out of jail.
“I believe that high-level diplomacy is our fathers’ only chance for freedom,” said Ti-Anna Wang, daughter of Wang Bingzhang, founder of the China Spring movement, who got a life sentence in 2003 after a closed trial that lasted just a day.
Their release, Wang said, must be discussed when Obama travels to Beijing in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
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