Dong Guangping must be released from unjust and unlawful imprisonment in China
Family and supporters of Chinese human rights defender Dong Guangping have received credible information that confirms he has been held in incommunicado detention by Chinese authorities in the Zhengzhou No. 3 Detention Center in Henan Province since October of last year.
Chinese authorities must release Dong Guangping immediately and unconditionally and allow him to travel to Canada to be reunited with his family. At this point in time he appears to be held without charge or trial. There has been no public acknowledgement of his detention by the Chinese government.
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Hong Kong Free Press
Caught in the crossfire: Chinese diaspora bears brunt of Canada-Beijing tensions
Allegations of harassment have been described by rights activists and Canada’s ethnic minorities, and documented by Amnesty International in recent years.
Some have accused Chinese undercover agents or proxies of intimidating Chinese Canadians by vowing retribution against their relatives back home.
“What they do is they use family ties to China or Hong Kong to threaten you,” Cheuk Kwan, co-chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China, told AFP recently.
Kwan, clad in a black leather jacket, said this includes “death threats, verbal intimidation, or something as simple as saying: ‘We know where your parents live.’”
棱角媒體 Points Media
加國華人民運組織高層 轟中國特務威脅中港家人 「我們知道你父母住哪裡」
有支持民主的加拿大華人組織坦言，不時面臨中國特務威嚇，其中，「多倫多支持中國民運會」聯合主席關卓中，近日接受法新社訪問時便透露，「他們（中國特務）利用在中國或香港的家庭關係來威脅你。或只是簡單的一句，『我們知道你的父母住在哪裡』」。
CBC Power & Politics
Speaking at Power & Politics, Cheuk Kwan, TADC co-chair, said that we should look forward to a desperately-needed foreign agent registry and to strengthening the tools for the law enforcement to break the cycle of Chinese interference.
Watch Power & Politics at 1:10:30
CBC Power & Politics
Cheuk Kwan, TADC co-chair, calls for Canada to adopt counter measures similar to those in Australia.
Watch Power & Politics at 43:25.
Zoomer Radio: Fight Back with Libby Znaimer
CHINA-CANADA TENSIONS ESCALATE
If anyone feel unsafe because of what the Canadian government is doing, Cheuk Kwan, co-chair of TADC, pointed out that it is the Chinese government that is making people feel unsafe.
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