[governance] Statement by IGC on Huan Qi's sentencing

[farzaneh badii (via governance Mailing List)]

The first paragraph is almost a copy paste of the US  statement. We can't
just work on a "draft" that someone else has issued already. This needs to
be redrafted from scratch should we want to issue a statement.

On Sat, Aug 3, 2019 at 9:33 PM "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <
governance at lists.riseup.net> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> This revised draft captures some of Chaitanya and Ian's input and
> suggested edits. Please review and comment.
>
> Revised Draft 4th August, 2019
>
> *Proposed Draft*
>
> The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus is deeply concerned by the
> sentencing of online activist Huang Qi to 12 years in prison.  Huang has
> been honoured multiple times by Reporters Without Borders for his courage
> in exposing corruption and human rights violations in China through his
> website, 64 Tianwang.
>
>
>
>  Huang Qi has greatly strengthened China as a country by bringing to the
> foreground these good governance issues including but not limited to
> corruption & human rights. It is our view that Huang Qi should be honoured
> as a strong contributor to society.
>
>
>
> We urge the Chinese government to uphold its international commitments
> related to fair trial guarantees and the rule of law.  We call on China to
> immediately release Mr. Huang, and to allow him access to his family,
> medical care, and legal counsel as soon as possible.  We also call on China
> to end undue restrictions on the freedom of movement of his family and
> those who assisted him.
>
>
>
> We note that China is a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council
> this year. The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus calls on China to
> aspire to subscribe to the Charter of the Internet Rights and Principles
> which was developed by the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and
> Principles within the Internet Governance Forum and is available on the
> OHCHR website.
>
>
>
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Farzaneh
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