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SMHRIC . New York
Re: Arbitrary Detention/Imprisonment of All Family Members of Hada
whole family behind bars: Hada (left), Xinna( center), Uiles (right)
The Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC)
expresses its serious concern on the arrest and detention of the
wife and son of Hada, an ethnic Mongolian political prisoner in
China¡¯s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR).
Hada¡¯s wife Xinna, 55 years old, was arrested by the local police of
Hohhot, capital city of IMAR, at her Mongolian Studies Bookstore on
the evening of December 4, 2010. The Public Security Authorities of
IMAR have accused her of ¡°running an illegal business¡± referring to
her small bookstore. Currently Xinna is being held at the Inner
Mongolia No.1 Detention Center in Hohhot. She has a serious heart
condition that requires daily medication. According to Xinna¡¯s son
Uiles who was contacted by SMHRIC by phone during a brief release,
he tried to deliver her medications to the detention center but was
denied. The current health status and detention condition of Xinna
remain unknown.
On the same day, December 4, Mr. Uiles, son of Xinna and Hada, was
arrested by the Hohhot City Saihan District Public Security Bureau
at an Internet caf¨¦. Just prior to his arrest, Uiles managed to send
out an urgent letter to SMHRIC and other news media and human rights
organizations abroad calling for immediate attention to his mother¡¯s
detention. He was released shortly before midnight but was detained
again on the following morning of December 5 by the Hohhot City
Saihan District Public Security Bureau. BBC Mandarin Service was
able to interview Uiles while under detention before his cell phone
was forcibly turned off by the police. BBC¡¯s brief conversation with
Uiles has been published on the BBC website and clearly documents
his detention and forcible shut down of his cell phone while being
interviewed by the BBC correspondent. Shortly thereafter SMHRIC
received a communication from a friend of Uiles who lives in Hohhot
confirming that he is currently being held in the Inner Mongolia
No.1 Detention Center where his mother is also detained.
Mr. Hada, 55 years old, was arrested in 1995 and sentenced to a 15
year prison term and an additional 4 year suspension of political
rights by the Chinese authorities for charges of ¡°splitting the
country and engaging in espionage¡±. Before his arrest Hada organized
the Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance whose goal was to achieve
the national independence of Southern (Inner) Mongolia through
democratic and peaceful means and ultimately to reunite with the
independent country of Mongolia. Hada also authored a book entitled
¡°The Way Out of Southern Mongolia¡± and edited a Mongolian journal
entitled ¡°The Voice of Southern Mongolia¡±. He has been declared a
¡°prisoner of conscience¡± by Amnesty International. According to the
official court decision of his trial, Hada is scheduled to be freed
on December 10, 2010, 15th anniversary of his arrest coinciding with
the United Nations¡¯ Human Rights Day.
As we approach Human Rights Day, the Southern Mongolian Human Rights
Information Center strongly condemns the Chinese authorities¡¯ recent
actions of arbitrarily detaining and imprisoning all three members
of Hada¡¯s family. The SMHRIC is also particularly concerned that
ethnic Mongolian dissidents and activists in China who peacefully
express their political opinions and strive to promote and protect
their basic human rights and fundamental freedoms are at constant
risk of arrest and imprisonment. The SMRHIC urges the international
community to pay close attention to the deteriorating human rights
conditions in Southern Mongolia and exert their influence with the
Chinese Government to end its ongoing arbitrary detention of
Mongolian dissidents and activists, elimination of Mongolian
culture, language and identity and destruction of the natural
environment in Southern Mongolia.
http://www.smhric.org/Latest_D.htm
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