MCLC: video of Xu Zhiyong

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: pjmooney <pjmooney at me.com>
Subject: video of Xu Zhiyong
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Click on the link, which is safe, to hear a hand-cuffed Xu Zhiyong call
for citizens to stand up and defend their rights. Incredibly brave. I'm
assuming this was secretly recorded. Paul

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Source: China Media Project: http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/08/08/33795/
Jail video of activist Xu Zhiyong released

On August 8, close associates of Xu Zhiyong (许志永) released a video taken
of the jailed rights campaigner during a recent visit to the jail
<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3xI-0wKK_rPbjVmQjVEQXF3NFU/edit?pli=1>
in which he is being held by Chinese authorities. In the video, just over
a minute long, Xu talks about the need for more citizens to stand up and
defend their rights in “this age of absurdity.”

The video is taken by the visitor through the bars of a cell or visiting
room where Xu is secured with handcuffs.

No matter how this society [of ours] is, how defeated or how absurd, this
society needs brave citizens who can stand up and hold fast to their
beliefs, who can take their rights, responsibilities and their dreams
seriously. I’m proud to put the word ‘citizen’ before my name, and I hope
everyone does the same, putting the word ‘citizen’ before their name. Let
us unite, and work together to make our rights as citizens matter, to make
our identities as citizens matter — working together to promote democracy,
rule of law, fairness and justice in our country. Surely we can build a
free, public-spirited, loving and good China.

 <http://cmp.hku.hk/2013/08/08/33795/xu-in-jail/>