Human Rights Defenders - Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄)
郭飞雄妻子张青，于绝食抗议日，致全国两会公开信 (Zhang Qing, Wife of Guo Feixiong, Submits Open Letter to Two Congresses)
Radio Free Asia, March 05, 2008
Guo Feixiong's (郭飞雄) wife, Zhang Qing (张青), has issued an open letter to the NPC and CPPCC. The letter demands that the Chinese Government abolish the Reeducation-Through-Labor system and that it abolish the use of electric shock batons on genitals to torture detainees or suspects. Zhang adds that she is currently on a hunger strike. Guo, a human rights defender and legal advisor who had been involved in numerous controversial cases, was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2007.
Related information:
HRIC Press Advisory: Guo Feixiong’s Wife issues
Statement on the Decision Not to Appeal
http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/45706
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