Peter Dahlin appears on China state TV for his confession. CCTV/Twitter/Tom Phillips
The Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai, after being kidnapped by Chinese security services, made a confession on CCTV earlier this week. Now also Peter Dahlin a Swede working for a NGO [CUAWG] in China has made a “scripted” television confession following his detention earlier this week. [https://thoolen.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/the-plight-of-human-rights-defenders-in-china-just-two-weeks-into-the-new-year/] In a TV appearance on the state-run CCTV news channel, Dahlin said: “I violated China’s law through my activities here. I’ve caused harm to the Chinese government. I’ve hurt the feelings of the Chinese people. I apologise sincerely for this and I am very sorry that this ever happened. I have been given good food, plenty of sleep and I have suffered no mistreatments of any kind.”
Cases the CUAWG have worked on include that of Qi Chonghuai, a journalist and writer who was imprisoned for reporting on Communist party corruption, and Tulip Award winner Ni Yulan, a lawyer who opposed illegal demolitions and was beaten, harrased and imprisoned by police.
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This entry was posted on January 21, 2016 at 13:43 and is filed under human rights, Human Rights Defenders.
Tags: bookseller, China, crackdown, CUAWG, detention, forced confession, freedom of association, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Ni Yulan, Peter Dahlin, Qi Chonghuai, Tulip award
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