世界报业协会谴责中国当局滥用权力株连记者亲属
李长青妻女拟出国代领自由金笔奖在北京机场受阻
（独立中文笔会狱中作家委员会5月28讯）世界报业协会2008年自由金笔奖得主、独立中文笔会荣誉会员李长青的妻女，应邀出席将于6月1日至4日在瑞典哥德堡召开的世界报业大会并代为领奖，于今天中午在北京机场被边检警察以护照有问题为由阻止出关登机。世界报业协会为此发布紧急新闻稿，谴责中国当局滥用权力，呼吁中国当局尊重记者家人的旅行权，停止骚扰和监禁履行其职责的新闻工作者。新闻稿全文翻译如下：
中国禁止记者家人参加世界报业大会
一位荣获世界声誉最高的新闻自由奖的记者的家人，今天被阻止飞往瑞典代其领奖。
李长青在服完三年徒刑后于今年
2月获释，其妻子鲍丁玲和女儿李思笛在北京机场被警方简短拘留、盘问并被没收护照。
“这是中国当局新近滥用权力的一起丑闻，”授予李长青
2008年自由金笔奖的巴黎世界报业协会的总干事蒂莫西·鲍丁（Timothy Balding）说：“他们不止压制自由信息并关押数十记者，还要干扰和限制其家人。”
在世界报业大会和世界编辑论坛的开幕式上，李长青将被颁授自由金笔奖，有
1800多报纸发行人、主编以及其它媒体主管出席。瑞典国王古斯塔夫十六世、数十国家的大使和其他贵宾也计划出席。
李长青原为《福州日报》记者、采访部副主任，在其居住城市的卫生官员向公众发出有关登革热爆发的警报前透露此消息，以“捏造和散布虚假信息”的罪名被判处三年徒刑，于今年
2月刑满释放，无法得到护照出访。原计划由鲍女士代其丈夫领奖。
中国当局还下令，要中国媒体的代表都抵制世界报业大会和世界编辑论坛这一全球新闻界的盛会。
世界报业协会呼吁中国当局尊重李长青家人到瑞典旅行的权利，停止骚扰和监禁履行其职责的新闻工作者。
世界报业协会一直在进行呼吁，要求中国坚持其在奥运会前的改革许诺。事实上，中国并未信守其承诺，随着奥运开幕的迅速逼近，反而增加了对言论自由和新闻自由的打压，继续监禁和骚扰那些敢于公开说话者。超过
30名新闻工作者和50多网络记者在中国被监禁，使其成为世界上关押新闻工作者最多的国家。
有关李长青和自由金笔奖的更多信息，可参见以下网页
http://www.wan-press.org/article15689.html
有关世界报业协会“中国奥运行动”，可参见以下网页
http://www.wan-press.org/china/home.php
设在巴黎的世界报业协会是全球性的报业组织，在全世界维护及促进新闻自由和报纸的专业及商业利益，成员包括102个国家的报社和个人报业主管、12个通讯社、11个地区性与世界性的新闻集团。
WAN 1948-2008: Sixty years of service to a free press
Paris, 28 May 2008
For immediate release
China Bars Journalist¹s Family From Attending World Newspaper Congress
The family of a Chinese journalist awarded the world’s most prestigious
press freedom prize was today prevented from flying to Sweden to pick up the
award on his behalf.
Bao Dinling and Li Sidi, wife and daughter of Li Changqing, who was released
in February after serving a three year prison sentence, were briefly
detained and questioned at Beijing Airport by police who confiscated their
passports.
“This is a scandalous new abuse of power by the Chinese authorities”, said
Timothy Balding, CEO of the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers,
which has awarded its 2008 Golden Pen of Freedom to Mr Li. “Not content
with repressing free information and locking up dozens of reporters, they
have to persecute and restrict the movement of their families”.
Mr Li is due to be awarded the Golden Pen at the opening ceremonies of the
World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum, in the presence of 1,800
newspaper publishers, chief editors and other media executives. Swedish King
Carl XVI Gustaf, ambassadors from dozens of countries and other dignitaries
are also scheduled to attend.
Mr Li, a reporter and deputy news director of the Fuzhou Daily in Fujian
Province, was unable to get a passport to travel.
Ms Bao was scheduled to accept the award on behalf of her husband, who was
released from prison in February after serving a three-year sentence for
³fabricating and spreading false information² after he disclosed an outbreak
of dengue fever before the health officials in his home town alerted the
public.
The Chinese authorities have also ordered a boycott of the World Newspaper
Congress and World Editors Forum, the global meetings of the world¹s press,
by Chinese media representatives.
WAN called on Chinese authorities to respect the right of Mr Li¹s family to
travel to Sweden, and to stop harassing and jailing journalists for doing
their jobs.
WAN has been waging a campaign to hold China to its promises of reform ahead
of the Olympics Games. China has not honoured its commitments; in fact, the
Chinese government has increased its repression of free expression and press
freedom, and continues to imprison and harass those who dare speak openly as
the opening of the Games fast approaches. Over 30 journalists and more than
50 cyber reporters are imprisoned in China, the world¹s largest jailers of
journalists.
More on the Mr Li and the Golden Pen of Freedom can be found at
http://www.wan-press.org/article15689.html
More on WAN¹s China Olympics campaign can be found at
http://www.wan-press.org/china/home.php
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defends and promotes press freedom and the professional and business
interests of newspapers world-wide. newspaper companies and individual
newspaper executives in 102 countries, 12 news agencies and 11 regional and
world-wide press groups.
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