China: Whereabouts of Hada, advocate for the rights of the people of Inner Mongolia, remain unknown

[Tilly lavenas]

Dear Friends

Please send this letter or in your own words on behalf of Hada. He is an indomitable advocate for the rights, culture, and true autonomy of the people of Southern Mongolia, which is under Chinese rule as a province called Inner Mongolia. He is also a scholar, author, and bookseller.

He has been relentlessly persecuted by the Chinese authorities. First imprisoned in 1995, he has been for almost all of the time since then in various forms of imprisonment, often brutal and without medical treatment for his resulting broken health. His wife and son have been under surveillance and harassed

Now ominously, Hada has disappeared.

Pease write the ambassador in your country as we don’t have email addresses for the Chinese and Inner Mongolian authorities. However, we’ve included their mailing addresses if you do want to send them a letter (just change second paragraph to “Please release him immediately, ensure his safety and restore his family’s fundamental freedoms”).

Thanks! Guy & Tilly

HE Mr Zheng Zeguang

Embassy of China 

49-51 Portland Place

London W1B 1JL

china...@mfa.gov.cn

OR

HE Xie Feng

Embassy of China

3505 International Place, N.W.

Washington, DC 20008

chinaemb...@mfa.gov.cn

Your Excellency

I’m deeply concerned about the fate of Hada, the Inner Mongolian dissident who hasn’t been seen since February 6. Despite completing his sentence in 2010, he has been under extrajudicial detention for refusing to renounce his beliefs. His wife and son have also suffered relentless harassment. 

Now it has been reported that he has disappeared following his hospitalization by Chinese authorities. This is very worrying.

Please urge your government to release Hada immediately, ensure his safety and restore his family’s fundamental freedoms.

Sincerely

Mr. Xi Jinping

Chairman of the Central Government of the People's Republic of China

174 Chang'an Avenue

Xincheng District, Beijing 

People's Republic of China

Ms. Wang Lixia

Chairwoman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

1 Xinhua Dajie

Hohhot City 010055

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

People's Republic of China