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¡¡UA: 2/11 Index: ASA 17/001/2011 China Date:
07 January 2011
URGENT ACTION£ºFEAR OF DISAPPEARANCE OF ACTIVIST AND FAMILY
Hada, a human rights activist from Inner Mongolia, his wife Xinna
and their son Uiles have been detained in northern China and their
fate and current whereabouts are unknown. Amnesty International
fears they may be subjected to enforced disappearance.
Hada was due to be released from prison on 10 December 2010, on
completion of his 15-year prison sentence for ¡°splittism¡± and
¡°espionage¡±. His wife Xinna and their son Uiles were detained prior
to his expected release date. His other relatives, including his
sister-in-law Naraa and his uncle Haschuluu, who were waiting to be
reunited with him upon his release, did not receive any information
about him on the day.
On 11 December 2010, Naraa received a CD that contained five photos
showing Hada having a dinner with Xinna and Uiles. The photos were
dated 10 December 2010. Naraa told the Southern Mongolia Human
Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) that she believed that based on
the clothes seen on Xinna and Uiles, the photos were recent. The
same photos had also been anonymously posted on Chinese overseas
dissident website Boxun.com.
On 13 December 2010, Haschuluu received an SMS purportedly from Hada
urging him not to worry and claiming that both he and Uiles had been
released. Haschuluu never received a response to his reply to the
sender.
On 14 December 2010, an official from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region Public Security Bureau visited Naraa and told her that the
Public Security Bureau had delivered the photos to Naraa. They also
told her that Hada and his family were ¡°enjoying a family re-union¡±
in a ¡°five star luxury hotel¡± and that they needed ¡°a bit [of time]
to plan their next step¡±. The official did not tell her the hotel
name, its location or how long ¡°a bit¡± was likely to be.
Since the detention of Xinna and Uiles, Naraa and Haschuluu have
been the only sources of information about the situation of Hada and
his family, but it appears that their channels for communication
have been cut, as all phone calls to them have gone unanswered since
at least 18 December 2010.
PLEASE WRITE IMMEDIATELY in English, Chinese or your own language:
•Urging the authorities to immediately clarify the current status
and whereabouts of Hada, Xinna and Uiles;
•Urging the authorities to immediately and unconditionally release
Hada, who has been imprisoned as a prisoner of conscience since
1995;
•Urging the authorities to release Xinna and Uiles if they are not
to be charged with an internationally recognizable criminal offence;
•Urging the authorities to ensure that as long as any of them remain
in detention, they have access to family, legal representation of
their choosing, and any medical care they may require.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 18 FEBRUARY 2011 TO:
Director of the Nei Menggu Autonomous Regional Department of Public
Security
ZHAO Liping Tingzhang
Nei Menggu Zizhiqu Gong'anting
15 Haila¡¯erdajie, Hohhot 010051
Nei Menggu Zizhiqu
People's Republic of China
Fax: +86 471 6550102
Salutation: Dear Director
Chairman of the Nei Menggu Autonomous Regional People's Government
BATE¡¯ER Wulan Zhuxi
Nei Menggu Zizhiqu Renmin Zhengfu
1 Chilechuandajie, Hohhot 010098
Nei Menggu Zizhiqu,
People's Republic of China
Fax: +86 471 6944148
Salutation: Dear Chairman
And copies to:
Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China
WU Aiying Buzhang
Sifabu, 10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie
Chaoyangqu, Beijingshi 100020
People's Republic of China
Fax: +86 10 65292345
Email: pfmaster@legalinfo.gov.cn
Salutation: Dear Minister
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your
country. Check with your section office if sending appeals after the
above date.
URGENT ACTION: FEAR OF DISAPPEARANCE OF ACTIVIST AND FAMILY
ADditional Information
Hada was detained on 11 December 1995. The Hohhot Intermediate
People¡¯s Court found him guilty of ¡°splittism¡± and ¡°espionage¡±
following an unfair trial and sentenced him to 15 years¡¯
imprisonment on 11 November 1996. Amnesty International considered
him a prisoner of conscience and campaigned for his immediate and
unconditional release.
Hada was held in Chifeng Prison in Ulaanhad (in Chinese: Chifeng)
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2004, an inmate who was
released from Chifeng Prison reported that Hada was routinely abused
there, subjected to disciplinary punishments ranging from solitary
confinement to being chained onto a metal ¡°shackle board¡± in prison
(see http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA17/004/2005/en)
Before his detention, Hada was the general manager of the Mongolian
Academic Bookshop in Hohhot. His imprisonment was related to his
involvement in an organization called the Southern Mongolian
Democratic Alliance (SMDA), which aimed to promote human rights,
Mongolian culture and ¡°a high degree of autonomy for China¡¯s
minority nationalities, as guaranteed in [China¡¯s] Constitution¡±.
In 2002, Uiles (Hada's son, born in 1984) was sentenced to two
years¡¯ imprisonment for his alleged involvement in a robbery. Whilst
in prison, he was said to have been pressured to cut ties to his
parents.
Xinna, Hada's wife, was detained on 4 December 2010 at the
family-run bookstore. The police informed Uiles that she was being
held at the Inner Mongolia No. 1 Detention Centre in Hohhot, the
regional capital (in Chinese: Huhehaote). The police also raided the
bookstore warehouse and detained Uiles. Uiles was released on the
same day shortly before midnight and told the SMHRIC that the police
had pressured him to agree to not to disseminate any information
about himself or his family over the phone or on the internet; to
sever his relationship with his parents, and; not to carry out any
separatist activities like his father had done.
Uiles was detained again in the morning of 5 December 2010. Naraa,
Hada's sister-in-law, later received a notice from the Public
Security authorities stating that Xinna was held on suspicion of
running an illegal business and that Uiles was suspected of being
involved in dealing drugs.
In November 2010, the authorities placed writer and activist
Huuchinhuu under illegal house arrest. She had been planning a party
for Hada upon his release. Another Inner Mongolian activist, Arslan,
who also had been planning a gathering to celebrate Hada¡¯s
anticipated release from prison is also under house arrest.
UA: 2/11 Index: ASA 17/001/2011 Issue Date: 07 January 2011
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/001/2011/en/e2b3fc64-028b-4b56-8af5-349fcdf86179/asa170012011en.html
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA17/001/2011/en/ea6443a3-f09d-421c-a81b-b37d832bff2f/asa170012011en.pdf
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