We Are Willing to Share Responsibility with Liu Xiaobo
(December 10, 2009)
We, the Chinese citizens who have co-drafted or signed Charter 08 with, that Mr. Liu Xiaobo, have learnt that he is to face prosecution and be subjected to penalties, and so reaffirm our attitude once again:
1) We have always believed that China’s development and progress must be based on the conditions that the human rights are fully protected, and that the justice can be fully realized, and that the rule of law tends to be completed, and the system turns to democracy. Otherwise, the society will only continue to result in abnormal prosperity, and the social wealth gap will be widening, and serious injustice will bring about the social conflicts. On this point of view, we have upheld the same ideas and pursuits as Mr. Liu Xiaobo has;
2) We are ready to sign Charter 08 and agree with its concepts, which is based on our concerns on the nations current and future situations, and also the performance of our civic responsibilities in accordance with the rights affirmed by the Constitution, and which we have never considered to be contrary to any of the existing laws and regulations;
3) If Mr. Liu Xiaobo is to be prosecuted for those above, then each of us is an integral part of his case, and the indictment of Mr. Liu Xiaobo is to put each of us on trial; if Mr. Liu Xiaobo is convicted, it is equivalent to condemn everyone of us as being guilty. We have no choice but bear punishment with Liu Xiaobo.
The domestic cosigners of Charter 08 to share responsibilities with Liu Xiaobo (164)
Yu Haocheng, legal experts, Beijing
Zhang Sizhi, lawyer, Beijing
Mao Yushi, economist, Beijing
Du Guang, political scientist and professor, Beijing
Bao Tong, former member of Central Committee of CCP, Beijing
DING Zilin, Professor, Beijing
Jiang Peikun, professor, Beijing
Zhang Zuhua, constitutional scholar,, Beijing
Xu Youyu, scholar, Beijing
Chen Ziming, scholar, Beijing
Cui Weiping, professor, Beijing
Hao Jian, professor, Beijing
Gao Yu, reporter, Beijing
Yu Shicun, writers, Beijing
Zhang Boshu, political scientist, Beijing
Zhang Xianyang, scholar, Beijing
Zhou Duo, scholar, Beijing
Zhang Yaojie, scholar, Beijing
Li Datong, reportor, Beijing
Zhao Dagong, writer, Shenzhen
Mo Zhixu, freelance writer, Beijing
Wen Kejian, scholar, Hangzhou
Jiang Tanwen, writer, Shanghai
Ye Du, editor, Guangzhou
Liu Di, freelance writer, Beijing
Wang Xiaoshan, columnist, Beijing
Teng Biao, human rights activist, Beijing
Wang Yi, missionary, Chengdu
Ran Yunfei, writer, Chengdu
Zan Aizong, writer and special correspondent, Hangzhou
Yang Zili, scholar, Beijing
Wang Guangze, independent political commentator, Beijing
Wen Yunchao, Internet observer, Guangzhou
Ma Shaofang, businessman, Shenzhen
Tie Liu, writer, Beijing
Zhu Jianguo, writer, Shenzhen
Zhuang Daohe, lawyer, Hangzhou
Wu Baojian, lawyer, Hangzhou
Su Yuanzhen, professor, Hangzhou
Yang Guang, Independent scholar, Guilin, Guangxi
Ahdin, reporter, Beijing
Shu Yang, artist, Beijing
Wang Debang, freelance writer, Beijing
Zhang Facai, designer Nanning
Chen Shaohua, designer, Shenzhen
Li Haiwei, rights activist, Beijing
Liu Jingsheng, freelance, Beijing
Hei Feng, poet and writer, Suzhou
Zhu Xinxin, freelance writer, Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Hu Zhao, scholar, Beijing
LI Yongsheng, writer and journalist, Chengdu
Tang Jingling, lawyer, Guangzhou
Yuan Xinting, editor, Guangzhou
Xiong Yong, lawyer, Beijing
Lu Wen, writer, Jiangsu
Li Yuanlong, former reporter of party newspaper, Bijie, Guizhou
Liu Shihui, lawyer, Guangzhou
Wang Zhongxia, freelance, Beijing
Ba Zhongwei, freelance, Henan
Wang Wei, freeance, Laiwu, Shandong
Ni Ming, retired worker, Panjin, Liaoning
Liu Shasha rights activist, Beijing
Guo Qiang, petitioner, Chongqing
Zhang Tao, freelance, Shijiazhuang
Yan Ba, Port transportation, Shenzhen
He Huan, freelance, Zhejiang
Gu Chuan, human rights defender, Beijing
Chen Long, liberal artist, Hangzhou
Xu Bo, clerk, Dali, Yunnan
Liu Ling-er, human rights Defender, Wuhan
Tong Yao, jobless, Beijing
Lin Yulin, student, Wenzhou
Ma Yuchen, medical worker, Beijing
Tian Yongde, human rights defender, Beijing
Li Erping, teacher, Heilongjiang
Jia Chunxia, human rights defender, Tangshan
Lu Hengxian, human rights defender, Nanning, Guangxi
Lu Fangzhi, citizen, Wuhan
Qin Hanjie, citizen, Shanxi
Zhong Guiqing, citizen, Maoming, Guangdong
Li Yu, wildebeest club sponsor, Deyang, Sichuan
Zhu Yufu, former political prisoner, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
Wei Shuishan, merchant, Hangzhou
Liu Xianbin, human rights defender, Suining, Sichuan
Zhang Baisheng, migrant worker, Wenzhou
Pu Fei, IT, Chengdu, Sichuan
Che Hongnian, freelance writer, Shandong
Cheng Hanzhong, clerk, Leshan, Sichuan
Dang Duansheng, freelance, Hefei
Yuan Xinting, editor, Guangzhou
Xiong Yong, lawyer, Beijing
Lu Wen, writer, Jiangsu
Li Yuanlong, former reporter of party newspaper, Bijie, Guizhou
Liu Shihui, lawyer, Guangzhou
Wang Zhongxia, freelance, Beijing
Ba Zhongwei, freelance, Henan
Wang Wei, freelance, Laiwu, Shandong
Ni Ming, retired worker, Panjin, Liaoning
Liu Shasha rights activist, Beijing
Guo Qiang, petitioner, Chongqing
Zhang Tao, freelance, Shijiazhuang
Yan Ba, Port transportation, Shenzhen
He Huan, freelance, Zhejiang
Gu Chuan, human rights defender, Beijing
Chen Long, liberal artist, Hangzhou
Xu Bo, clerk, Dali, Yunnan
Liu Ling-er, human rights Defender, Wuhan
Tong Yao, jobless, Beijing
Lin Yulin, student, Wenzhou
Ma Yuchen, medical worker, Beijing
Tian Yongde, human rights defender, Beijing
Li Erping, teacher, Heilongjiang
Jia Chunxia, human rights defender, Tangshan
Lu Hengxian, human rights defender, Nanning, Guangxi
Lu Fangzhi, citizen, Wuhan
Qin Hanjie, citizen, Shanxi
Zhong Guiqing, citizen, Maoming, Guangdong
Li Yu, wildebeest club sponsor, Deyang, Sichuan
Zhu Yufu, former political prisoner, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
Wei Shuishan, merchant, Hangzhou
Liu Xianbin, human rights defender, Suining, Sichuan
Zhang Baisheng, migrant worker, Wenzhou
Pu Fei, IT, Chengdu, Sichuan
Che Hongnian, freelance writer, Shandong
Cheng Hanzhong, clerk, Leshan, Sichuan
Dang Duansheng, freelance, Hefei
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