His Excellency Xi Jinping
President of the People’s Republic of China
State Council
Beijing 100032
P.R. China
Your Excellency:
PEN Guatemala calls for her immediate and unconditional release if, as reported, Gao Yu is being persecuted for her legitimate professional activities;
We
remind the Chinese authorities that Article 35 of the Constitution of
the People’s Republic of China provides for freedom of speech and that
as a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, which provides for freedom of legitimate expression, the right
not to be arbitrarily detained and the right to a fair trial, they are
obliged to “refrain from acts that would defeat or undermine the
treaty’s objective and purpose”.
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