Laos lied about repatriation of Chinese rights lawyer, wife says
Case shows how Laos feels ‘in debt’ to China under the Belt & Road initiative, activist says.
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Case shows how Laos feels ‘in debt’ to China under the Belt & Road initiative, activist says.
Responding to the confirmation of the detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, who was arrested in Laos in July, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for China, Sarah Brooks, said: “Lu Siwei’s confirmed detention in China is a heartbreaking outcome for his family, with whom he had been attempting to reunite in the USA. Now, rather than being with his wife and young daughter, he is at grave risk of torture and other ill-treatment. “Having been arrested in Laos after leaving
United Nations experts called on the Lao government to release Lu Siwei, a Chinese human rights lawyer who was imprisoned fleeing to the US.
Chen Siming fled China and awaits refugee assistance in Taiwan, which is wary of raising tensions with Beijing by being seen as a haven for China critics.
A Chinese dissident who has been living in a Taiwanese airport since Friday has pleaded for the United States or Canada to grant him asylum after he fled Thailand saying he feared being deported back to China.