紧急行动网络2008年第43号
2008年9月8日
中国：异议作家胡石根获释
国际笔会狱中作家委员会欢迎已系狱16年3月的大学讲师、政治活动家、异议作家胡石根于2008年8月26日获释。国际笔会对他仍受限制保持关注，并提醒中国当局须遵守联合国《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》第19条。
据国际笔会信息，现年53岁的胡石根于1992年9月27日被捕，1994年12月16日被北京中级人民法院以“领导反革命集团罪”和“反革命宣传煽动罪”判刑20年、剥夺政治权利5年。他是1992年4、5月间遭拘捕的中国自由民主党(CFDP)和中国自由工会(CFTU)的十多名成员之一，他们当时正计划在中国许多主要城市举行纪念1989年“六四”的活动。作为CFDP和CFTU创始人，胡石根为这两个组织起草了一系列关键文件，并积极呼吁追究政府1989年6月暴力镇压民主运动的责任。据报道，在经历了多年狱中折磨之后，他的健康状况很差。
胡石根在狱中获得数次减刑，最近一次是2008年5月。虽然胡石根现已获释，但是他仍被正式剥夺言论自由权、结社权、集会权及为国家机构工作的正当权利。
胡石根是英国笔会、独立中文笔会、加拿大笔会的荣誉会员。
请发出呼吁：
——欢迎大学讲师、政治活动家、异议作家胡石根获释，但严重关注他继续面临的限制。
——呼吁根据中国已签署的《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》第19条解除对他的所有限制。
国际笔会狱中作家委员会建议将呼吁书复制给驻贵国的中国大使馆，请他们转交，并欢迎任何答复。
政府地址：
中华人民共和国北京市，邮政编码 100032
国务院转
中华人民共和国国家主席胡锦涛阁下
中华人民共和国北京市，邮政编码100741
东长安街14号
公安部长孟建柱先生
请注意，中国当局的传真号码已不能使用，您最好请驻贵国的中国外交代表转交呼吁书。
如可能，请复印呼吁书给驻贵国的中国外交代表。
进一步消息，请联系国际笔会狱中作家委员会Cathy McCann，
地址： Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London WC1V 6ER
电话：+ 44 (0) 20 7405 0338
传真：+ 44 (0) 20 7405 0339
电邮：[email protected]
（独立中文笔会狱中作家委员会翻译）
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RAPID ACTION NETWORK
8 September 2008
RAN 43/08
CHINA: Dissident writer Hu Shigen released
The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN welcomes the release of
University lecturer, political activist and dissident writer Hu Shigen on 26
of August 2008, after spending sixteen years and three months in prison.
International PEN remains concerned that he remains under restrictions, and
reminds the Chinese authorities of their obligations to Article 19 of the
United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
According to International PEN’s information, Hu Shigen, now aged 53, was
arrested on 27 September 1992, and convicted on 16 December 1994 by the
Beijing Intermediate People’s Court of ‘leading a counterrevolutionary
organisation’ and ‘counterrevolutionary propaganda’. Hu Shigen was
sentenced to twenty years in prison and a subsequent five years of
deprivation of political rights. He was amongst dozens of China Freedom and
Democracy Party (CFDP) and China Free Trade Union (CFTU) members to be
detained in April and May 1992 for planning 4 June 1989 memorial activities
in many of China’s major cities. As a founding member of both the CFDP and
CFTU, Hu Shigen drafted a number of key documents for both parties and was
active in calling for government accountability for the violent suppression
of the Democracy Movement in June 1989. Reports suggest that he is in poor
health after many years of ill-treatment in jail.
Hu Shigen’s sentence has been reduced several times in prison, most
recently in May 2008. Although now released, Hu Shigen remains formally
deprived of his right to exercise free speech, right of association and of
free assembly, and his eligibility to work for a state institution.
Hu Shigen is honorary member of: English PEN, Independent Chinese PEN, PEN
Canada.
Please send appeals:
a.. Welcoming the release of university lecturer, political activist and
dissident writer Hu Shigen, but expressing serious concerns about the
continuing restrictions he faces;
b.. Calling for all restrictions against him to be lifted in accordance
with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
to which China is a signatory.
WiPC recommends that you copy your appeal to the Chinese embassy in your
country asking them to forward it and welcoming any comments.
Government addresses:
His Excellency Hu Jintao
President of the Peoples Republic of China
State Council
Beijing 100032
P.R. China
Mr. Meng Jianzhu
Minister of the Public Security
East Chang’an Avenue 14
100741 Beijing
P.R. China
Please note that fax numbers are no longer available for the Chinese
authorities, so you may wish to ask the diplomatic representative for China
in your country to forward your appeals.
Please copy appeals to the diplomatic representative for China in your
country if possible.
For further information please contact Cathy McCann at International PEN
Writers in Prison Committee, Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London WC1V
6ER, Tel.+ 44 (0) 20 7405 0338, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7405 0339, email:
[email protected]