G20前夕　美國國務院發文要求北京釋放709受難者

【博聞社】中國於去（2015）年7月9日，對人權律師、人權運動及異議人士進行大規模逮捕行動，引舉世震驚。其中北京鋒銳事務所4名律師遭控「顛覆國家政權罪」，今年8月2日起於天津市第二中級人民法院進行「特定媒體鏡頭前的公開審理」，在家人未旁聽下、多人照稿唸認罪聲明，並遭判刑。對此，美國國務院媒體關係辦公室主任杜魯道（Elizabeth Trudeau）8日發表聲明呼籲中國釋放遭監禁或拘留的律師、維權人士及已遭判刑者，並立即撤案，全文及原文如下：

中國法院上周將著名人權律師、鋒銳律師事務所主任周世鋒及維權人士胡石根，翟岩民及勾洪國判以明顯具有政治動機的「顛覆國家政權」罪。

數十位中國律師及維權人士於去（2015）年7月9日前後遭羈押，李和平等人仍於審前羈押，且不得與親屬見面或自己選擇法律顧問。

北京此舉破壞中國尊重法治的司法體系發展，我們敦促中國當局釋放遭監禁或拘留的律師、維權人士及已遭判刑者。我們呼籲中國當局立即撤案，並停止限制維權人士行運動及專業活動之自由。

Last week, a Chinese court convicted prominent human rights attorney Zhou Shifeng, director of the Fengrui law firm, and activists Hu Shigen, Zhai Yanmin, and Gou Hongguo of the apparently politically motivated charge of “subversion of state power.” More than a dozen other attorneys and activists detained on and around July 9, 2015, including Li Heping, remain in pretrial detention without access to their families or to legal counsel of their own choosing.

This campaign undermines China’s development of a judicial system that respects the rule of law. We urge Chinese authorities to release the lawyers and rights defenders who are imprisoned or in detention, including those already sentenced. We call for an immediate end to the cases brought against them and to restrictions on their freedom of movement and professional activities.

聲明網址：http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2016/08/260913.htm