Human rights activists have called on Beijing to release five female campaigners who were detained last weekend after reportedly printing stickers and leaflets calling for an end to sexual harassment.
Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan and Wang Man are understood to be facing charges of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” that could land them in prison for up to five years.
The women were detained on the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, a date friends and activists said they had planned to commemorate by plastering public transport with stickers reading: “Stop sexual harassment, let us stay safe” and “Go police, go arrest those who committed sexual harassment!”
The detentions appeared to be “government retaliation” for the women’s activism, said China Human Rights Defenders, a rights group that estimates around 1,500 Chinese activists have faced some kind of detention over the last two years.
"The charges against all five women should be dropped and the women immediately and unconditionally released," William Nee, a Hong Kong-based researcher for Amnesty International, said on Thursday. Full story...
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Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan and Wang Man are understood to be facing charges of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” that could land them in prison for up to five years.
The women were detained on the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, a date friends and activists said they had planned to commemorate by plastering public transport with stickers reading: “Stop sexual harassment, let us stay safe” and “Go police, go arrest those who committed sexual harassment!”
The detentions appeared to be “government retaliation” for the women’s activism, said China Human Rights Defenders, a rights group that estimates around 1,500 Chinese activists have faced some kind of detention over the last two years.
"The charges against all five women should be dropped and the women immediately and unconditionally released," William Nee, a Hong Kong-based researcher for Amnesty International, said on Thursday. Full story...
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