PEN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN WRITERS\u2019 COMMITTEE<\/p>\n
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\nHuman Rights: Lucina Kathmann<\/p>\n
lucina.kathmann@gmail.com<\/p>\n
May 13, 2014<\/p>\n
His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
\nMr. Fu Zhenghua, Director, Beijing Public Security Bureau<\/p>\n
re: Gao Yu<\/p>\n
Your Excellency, Mr. Director,<\/p>\n
The Women Writers Committee of PEN International, the largest worldwide association of writers, is concerned for our Chinese colleague, the veteran journalist Ms. Gao Yu, who has been detained since April 24 on the charge of \u201cleaking state secrets abroad. \u201c<\/p>\n
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Ms. Gao Yu has been jailed and otherwise targeted on various occasions on the past, always apparently for her expression of her critical opinions, which should be her right and her responsibility as a journalist.<\/p>\n
Ms. Gao Yu was seen allegedly confessing on state television on May 8, 2014, which is in contravention of her right to a fair trial.<\/p>\n
Article 35 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China provides for freedom of speech. Thus we call for the immediate release of Ms. Gao Yu.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,
\nLucina Kathmann
\nInternational Vice-President, PEN International<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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