May 4, 2017
Lawyer Chen Jiangang
We have learned that, around 1 pm on May 3, 2017, Beijing lawyer Chen Jiangang (陈建刚), his wife and two young children, as well as their friends Zhang Baocheng (张宝成) and his wife, were forcibly taken into custody by local police while the company was on a tourist trip in Jinghong, Yunnan province (云南景洪). In doing so, the police did not present any legal warrant. Lawyer Chen Jiangang and the company have now been in custody for over 19 hours, and their belongings have been confiscated. [As of the publication of the translation of this statement, they have been detained for over 30 hours.]
We are acutely aware that lawyer Chen Jiangang has riled the authorities for revealing the torture of his client, the Hunan-based lawyer Xie Yang, and we hope that his detention in Yunnan is not intentional retaliation against lawyer Chen Jiangang by the relevant organs. We’d also like to stress that free movement inside the borders of China is a natural, as well as a legal, right of each and every Chinese citizen.
Based on the international standard that lawyers shall not face reprisal or be persecuted for practicing their profession, and also based on citizens’ natural and legal rights to travel freely in the country, we issue the following urgent statement:
1. Yunnan police must immediately and unconditionally release Chen Jiangang, Zhang Baocheng and others traveling with them;
2. We have been paying close attention to the situation and will continue to do so. We will provide all legal assistance to lawyer Chen Jiangang and others on the same trip who have been controlled by police.
May 4, 2017
Stated by lawyers:
Jiang Yongji, Gansu (蒋永继，甘肃律师)；Wen Donghai, Hunan (文东海，湖南律师)；Cai Ying, Hunan (蔡瑛，湖南律师)；Zhang Jinwu (张金武，山东律师)；Chang Weishan, jiangsu (程为善，江苏律师)；Li Yuzhen, Shandong (李玉真，山东律师)；Zhu Shengwu, Shandong (祝圣武，山东律师)；Huang Hanzhong, Beijing (黄汉中，北京律师); Liu Zhiqiang, Shanxi (刘志强，陕西律师)；Yu Quan, Sichuan (于全，四川律师)；
DingbXikui, Beijing (丁锡奎，北京律师)；Chen Jinxue, Guangdong (陈进学，广东律师)；Qin Yongpei, Guangxi (覃永沛，广西律师)；LAN Zhixue, Beijing (兰志学，北京律师)；Chang Boyang, Henan (常伯阳，河南律师)；Ji Laisong, Henan (姬来松，河南律师)；Hu Linzheng, Hunan (胡林政，湖南律师)；Zhou Yinchang, Shandong (周云昌，山东律师)；Ma Wei, Tianjin (马卫，天津律师)；Liu Shuqing, Shandong (刘书庆，山东律师)；
Liu Weiguo, Shandong (刘卫国，山东律师)；Zhao Yonglin, Shandong (赵永林，山东律师)；Zhao Hexu, Shandong (赵和绪，山东律师)；Xiao Yunyang, Guizhou (萧云阳，贵州律师)；Shu Xiangxin, Shandong (舒向新，山东律师后)；Ge Wenxiu, Guangdong (葛文秀，广东律师)；Chen Jinhua, Hunan (陈金华，湖南律师)；Wang Qingpeng, Hebei (王清鹏，河北律师)；Yu Wensheng, Beijing (余文生，北京律师)；Lu Siwei, Sichuan (卢思位，四川律师)；
Huang Zhiqiang, Zhejiang (黄志强，浙江律师)；Situ Yiping, Shandong (司徒一平，山东律师)；Li Jinxing, Shandong (李金星，山东律师)；Zheng Xiang, Shandong (郑湘，山东律师)；Luo Lizhi, Hunan (罗立志，湖南律师)；Yang Xuan, Hunan (杨璇，湖南律师)；Chen Yixuan, Hunan (陈以轩，湖南律师)；Zou Lihui, Fujian (邹丽惠，福建律师)；Fan Biaowen, Guangdong (范标文，广东律师)；Lu Fangzhi, Hunan (吕方芝，湖南律师)；
Wang Haijun, Hunan (王海军，湖南律师)；Zhang Junjie, Henan (张俊杰，河南律师)；Wen Yu, Guangdong (闻宇，广东律师)；Wei Shuiping, Guangdong (魏水平，广东律师)；Zhai Yuan, Sichuan (瞿远，四川律师)；Zhao Shaohua, Guangdong (赵绍华，广东律师)；Pang Kun, Shenzhen (庞琨，深圳律师)；Wang Huanan, Shandong (王化南，山东律师)；Fang Yining, Beijing (房一宁，北京律师)；Ma Wannian, Ningxia (马万年，宁夏律师)；
Xu Hongwei, Shandong (徐红卫，山东律师)；Xu Guijuan, Shandong (许桂娟，山东律师)；Chen Nanshi, Hunan (陈南石，湖南律师)；Zhang Zhongshi, Hunan (张重实，湖南律师)；Wang Zhenjiang, Shandong (王振江，山东律师)；Li Yongheng, Shandong (李永恒，山东律师)；Meng Meng, Henan (孟猛，河南律师)；Tang Jitian, Beijing (唐吉田，北京律师后)；Ren Quanniu, Henan (任全牛，河南律师)；Liu Wei, Beijing (刘巍，北京律师后)；
Wen Haibo, Beijing (温海波，北京律师)；Liu Yan, Shandong (刘彦，山东律师)；Ling Qilei, Beijing (蔺其磊，北京律师)；Liu Jianjun, Beijing (刘建军，北京律师)；Li Weida, Hebei (李威达，河北律师)；Li Jinglin, Beijing (李静林，北京律师)；Xie Yanyi, Beijing (谢燕益，北京律师)；Zhang Lei, Beijing (张磊，北京律师)；Sui Muqing, Guangdong (隋牧青，广东律师)；
Tang Jiaji, Guangxi (谭家骥，广西律师)；Zhong Jinhua, Shanghai (钟锦化，上海律师)；Wang Zongyue, Guizhou (王宗跃，贵州律师)；Yang Mingkuai, Yunnan (杨明跨，云南律师)；Ma Lianshun, Henan (马连顺，河南律师)；Ge Wenxiu, Guangdong (葛文秀，广东律师)；Xi Xiangdong, Shandong (袭祥栋，山东律师)；Zeng Yi, Yunnan (曾义，云南律师)；Lu Tingge, Hebei (卢廷阁，河北律师)；
Li Fangping, Beijing (李方平，北京律师)；Liang Xiaojun, Beijing (梁小军，北京律师)；Liu Shihui, Guangdong (刘士辉，广东律师)；Wu Kuiming, Guangdong (吴魁明，广东律师)；Ji Zhongjiu, Zhejiang (纪中久，浙江律师)；Teng Biao, Beijing (滕彪，北京律师)；Zheng Enchong, Shanghai (郑恩宠，上海律师)；Jiang Yuanmin, Guangdong (蒋援民，广东律师)；Luo Qian, Hunan (罗茜，湖南律师)；Liu Lianhe, Tianjin (刘连贺，天津律师)；
Liu Zhengqing, Guangdong (刘正清，广东律师)；Cui Xiaoping, Guangdong (崔小平，广东律师)；Tong Chaoping, Beijing (童朝平，北京律师)；Wang Qiushi, Heilongjiang (王秋实，黑龙江律师)；He Wei, Chongqing (何伟，重庆律师)；Zhang Jinhong, Henan (张锦宏，河南律师)；
Co-signitories:
Chen Guiqiu (陈桂秋), wife of 709 lawyer Xie Yang; Li Wenzu (李文足), wife of 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang; Jin Bianling (金变玲), wife of 709 lawyer Jiang Tianyong; and Wang Qiaoling (王峭岭), wife of 709 lawyer Li Heping.
We continue to ask more lawyers and other concerned parties to co-sign this statement. Please send your information via WeChat or text to 18093643144, or communicate your intent to any of the above signatories.
Related:
Breaking: Lawyer Chen Jiangang, With Family and Two Friends, Seized by Armed Police in Yunnan, May 3, 2017
‘In the Event That I Lose My Freedom’: A Statement by Lawyer Chen Jiangang, March 3, 2017.
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