China: detención arbitrarias de petitionarios por el congreso del partido

Case CHN 171006 Arbitrary detention/ Ill treatment/ Releases Geneva, October 17, 2006 The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in the People’s Republic of China.

Brief description of the situation:

The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source1 about the arbitrary detention of petitioners for Party Congress. According to the information received, Shanghai police recently carried out a large-scale roundup of petitioners to prevent them from going to Beijing during the sixth plenary session of the 16th Communist Party Congress. According to the same information, more than 30 people were detained or placed under other forms of restriction during September –October 2006. The names below represent reportedly only a portion of the people harassed under orders from deputy Party secretary Liu Yungeng and others:

• Zhu Libin, along with his wife and two children aged 10 and 8 - From September 30 to October 11, security officers at Shanghai's Zhabei District train station held Zhu and his family in a room of the Nanning Bathhouse.


• Guo Rong - From September 30 to October 12, police officers from Shanghai's Hongkou District detained Guo in a room in the Yuanzhen Hostel in Zhapu Road. Guo's elder sister died while he was in detention, but police did not allow Guo to attend her funeral on October 7.


• Sun Xicheng - Police held Sun under house arrest starting on September 27. Sun jumped out of his window on October 7 and attempted to take a train to Beijing, but police detained him at Shanghai's South Station on October 8 and detained him at the Jinhui Guest House on Zhongshan West Road. Sun went on hunger strike that day and was eventually taken to the hospital on October 11.


• Wei Qin - After signing a petition to the Central Discipline Inspection Committee in September, Wei was detained on September 21 and held for 15 days in the Jing'an District Detention Center. When his term of detention was completed on October 6, he was transferred to the Qingpu Clubhouse, where he was held until October 11.


• Liang Faxiang - Liang was placed under administrative detention in the Jing'an Detention Center for nine days beginning on September 19. She was then transferred to the Qingpu Clubhouse, where she was held until October 11.


• Chen Enjuan - Chen was detained from September 29 to October 11 at the Chuansha Party School. After she was found to have made phone calls, her cell phone was confiscated and she was transferred to a tourist resort outside of the city.


• Zhou Jinmei - Detained September 30 to October 11 at the Jing'an District Transit Center.


• Lu Longzhen - Detained September 30 to October 11 at the Labor Model Holiday Village.


• Li Shujia - Detained September 30 to October 11 in a guest room at the Jinshan Hongda Building.


• Ma Zhishen - Detained September 30 to October 11 at the Labor Model Holiday Village.


• Duan Muyun - Detained September 30 to October 11 at the Labor Model Holiday Village.


• Wang Linzhen - Detained September 30 to October 11 at the Labor Model Holiday Village.


• Wang Feiyue - Detained September 30 to October 11at the Minxing District Reception Center.


• Ou Chunfang - Detained from September 30 to October 11 at the Minxing District Reception Center. During this time, Ou suffered from a heart ailment, but was not provided with medical treatment.


• Wu Yuping - Placed under administrative detention from September 13 to 28 at the Hongkou District Detention Center, then transferred to the Jiajiang Hostel in Sangshan Road until October 11.


• Chen Zongla - Placed under administrative detention from September 20 to 29 at the Hongkou District Detention Center, then transferred to the Hongkou District Reception Center until October 11.


• Shen Yonghai - Detained from September 28 to October 11 in the guardroom of the Dongqian Company in Tangbin South Road, Luowan District.


• Ma Changfa - Placed under administrative detention from October 2 to 11 in the Minxing District Detention Center.


• Zhang Xinzhen - Placed under administrative detention from October 2 to 11 in the Minxing District Detention Center.


• Zheng Shumei - Placed under administrative detention from October 2 to 11 in the Minxing District Detention Center.


• Shao Zhegen - Detained from September 28 to October 11 in the Hongkou District Reception Center.


• Deng Weixiu - Placed under administrative detention in an unnamed detention center for 10 days starting on September 20, then transferred to an unnamed hostel until October 11.


• Liu Pingying - Detained October 1 to 11 in the Qibaotian Hostel.


• Yang Chunhua - Detained September 28 to October 11 in the Zinjiang Zhi Xing Hotel.


• Lu Shanming - Detained October 6 to 11 in a building at 351 Longhua East Road, where he was given only a small amount of rice each day and was deprived of sleep.


• Wang Hong - Held under house arrest from September 27 to October 11.


• Li Caidi - Held under round-the-clock house arrest from September 27 to October 11.


• Zhu Donghui - Placed under round-the-clock surveillance from August 21 to the present.

The International Secretariat of OMCT expresses its deep concern about these events. In addition to calling for the release of Zhu Donghui, it also deplores the brutal treatment most of these people suffered. Furthermore, the International Secretariat of OMCT urges authorities to conform with China’s international human rights obligations, commitments that were reaffirmed on the occasion of its election as a member of the new United Nations Human Rights Council. 1Human Rights in China (HRIC), not a member of the SOS-Torture network

Action requested:

Please write to the authorities in the People’s Republic of China urging them to: i. Guarantee, in all circumstances, the physical and psychological integrity of Zhu Donghui and other above-mentioned persons; ii. Order the immediate release of Zhu Donghui in the absence of valid charges, or, if such charges exist, bring them before an impartial and competent tribunal and guarantee their procedural rights at all times; ii. Order a thorough and impartial investigation into these events, in order to identify all those responsible, bring them to trial and apply the penal and/or administrative sanctions as provided by law; iii. Guarantee the respect of human rights and the fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards.

Addresses:

• President Hu Jintao, People’s Republic of China, c/o Embassy of the People’s Republic of China; 2300 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., 20008, USA, Fax: +01 202 588-0032


• President Hu Jintao, People’s Republic of China, c/o Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China, Chemin de Surville 11, Case postale 85, 1213 Petit-Lancy 2, Genève, Swtzerland, Fax: +41 22 7937014, E-mail: mission.china@ties.itu.int


• Minister of Justice of the People’s Republic of China, Zhang Fusen Buzhang, Sifabu, 10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyangqu, Beijingshi 100020, People’s Republic of China, Fax: +86 10 6529 2345


• Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Li Zhaoxing Buzhang Waijiaobu, 2 Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Beijingshi 100701, People’s Republic of China, Fax: +86 10 6588 2594, Email: ipc@fmprc.gov.cn


• Ambassador, Sha Zukang, Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China, Ch. De Surville, CP 85, 1213 Petit-Lancy 2, Suisse, Fax : +41 22 793 70 14, e-mail: mission.china@ties.itu.int


• Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Brussels, Avenue de Tervuren, 463 1160 Auderghem, Belgium, Tel: + 32 2 663 30 10 / + 32 2 663 30 17 / +32 2 771 14 97 / +32 2 779 43 33; Fax: +32 2 762 99 66 / +32 2 779 28 95; Email: chinaemb_be@mfa.gov.cn

Please also write to the embassies of the People’s Republic of China in your respective country. *** Geneva, October 17, 2006 Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this appeal in your reply.