| ID | 135384 |
| Title Proper | Open letter to China’s national people’s congress |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Zsisheng, Gao |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | As a lawyer, I have recently received from various places many petitions and requests for help regarding the sentencing of Falun Gong practitioners and the plight [of the practitioners being punished by] reeducation through labor. On December 26, my associate and I went to Shijiazhuang City of Hebei Province to offer legal assistance to Huang Wei, who has been subject to so—called reeducation through labor. After taking up the case, in the course of dealing with the administrative and judicial authorities, we
discovered a series of phenomena that were beyond the imaginations of people today. These phenomena exist in both the legislative and judicial realms. As an attorney and a citizen of the present era, I feel extraordi- narily downcast and saddened in the face of such incredible phenomena. The first thought that came to me after my negotiations with several courts in Shijiazhuang Citywas that I would express such suffocating depression and sadness by submitting a letter as soon as I could to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and its chairman |
| `In' analytical Note | Chinese Law and Government Vol.46, No.5-6; Sep-Dec.2014: p.24-32 |
| Journal Source | Chinese Law and Government 2013-10 46, 5-6 |
| Standard Number | China |