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2012年1月5日星期四

To: World Blind Union

From: National Committee of Democratic Party of China
   To: World Blind Union
    World Blind Union
    1929 Bayview Avenue
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada M4G 3E8
    Telephone: 1-416-486-9698
    Fax: 1-416-486-8107


    To:Mr. Carl Augusto – Regional President
    President & CEO, American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
    11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
    New York, NY 10001, USA
    Tel: 212-502-7600
    Fax: 212-502-7773
    E-mail:  HYPERLINK "mailto:cawbu@afb.net" cawbu@afb.net
    Web:  HYPERLINK "http://www.afb.org" www.afb.org

    Dear Sir and Madam:
    We are deeply concerned and saddened about a blind Chinese man’s situation. We wish to draw your attention to Chen Guangcheng, topmost human rights campaigner, which China used its full state power to crush on. Chen is China’s Helen Keller but with a Martin Luther King’s soul.

    Chen Guangcheng became blind after he got a fever when he was a little child. However, he has incredible will power. Even though he was denied much educational experience due to discrimination against blind people, he persevered and eventually he learned law and got a lawyer’s license. His heart embraces all the suffering people. As soon as he learned about law, he helped other blind people to get access to benefits which were denied to them arbitrarily. Living in poor and remote rural areas, Chen used what he learned to help other fellow villagers. Soon hundreds of thousands of people approached this blind lawyer for help. Among them, the most noticeable case  was that, thousands of people came to tell him the horrible abuse many families experienced for one-child policy. Many women who were 8-9 months into pregnancy with a baby were forced to undergo abortion. The women were dragged by dozens of men into hospital. A doctor awaiting injected a poisonous needle into her to kill the baby. In some occasions, the women died along with the baby. Even though millions of families experienced such horrible forced abortion along with astronomical fine, Chen as a blind person, is the most courageous and outspoken person to tell the whole truth. For that, Chen paid a very high price.

    The world gave Chen honor for what he did. In Jan, 2005, he was elected to be The Top Ten most influential people by Asia Week. In May, 2006 , he was in Time Magazine's list of "2006's Top 100 People Who Shape Our World" . He, like Helen Keller,  won the highest honour for the blind people. In a China when dark tyranny is ruling, his vision is far clearer than many people with full sight.  Numerous people consider his name: Guang (light), Cheng (honesty) to be the real hope for China.

    Despite the honors, In 2006, Chen was sentenced to four years and three months on a fabricated charge. After serving his full sentence and being released in September 2010, Chen was soon kept in complete isolation after a brief time talking over phone. closely monitored and kept under soft detention and even beaten  by local authorities. The local government sent hundreds of people to strictly  guard around his house or his village day and night. His cellphone signal was also shielded.  After a video of his whole family under intense local authority surveillance was released in February, Chen, his wife, son and even his mother were completely cut off  from contact with the outside world. Today, even basic food supply is in danger. Villagers reported seeing blood thrown out everyday.

    Hundreds of people from all over China of all walks of life attempted to pay a visit to this brave blind man, but all of them were assaulted and their belongings robbed, some of them had severe injuries. No one saw Chen again since Feb 2011, he is currently unknown to be dead or alive.

    As a blind man, Chen deserves special care. But he actually suffers the worst persecution by the government. Therefore we appeal to people in the world: please give a helping hand for Chen, for the protection of freedom and human rights of persons with disabilities. Also, please help spread this information to all the international communities to get more support.
     Thank you very much!

    Chairpersons: Youcai Wang;Juntao Wang;Tiancheng Wang;Shenqi Fu;Wenzhuo Hou

    National Committee of  Democratic Party of China
    Email: minzhudang99@gmail.com
    Address: 132-49 41Road 1B Flushing NY 11355
    Telephone: 16137003613 (Eng)
    Telephone: 17183505811of. Chinese)
    Fax: 17183960978

    Nov,11 2011

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