The Party shows no pity for "counter-revolutionaries"
Beijing
(AsiaNews) - The Chinese government has no pity for the alleged
"counter-revolutionaries", even if they are elderly or have already
spent decades in jail. The
communist authorities released, after 23 years, after Li Yujun, who was
arrested in connection with the democratic uprisings in Tiananmen Square, but imposed
a further 8 years of semi-freedom, with obligatory controls and the suppression
of his the civil and political rights. The
situation is even worse for Lu Jiaping, a senior Chinese dissident, who at 71
is forced to remain in jail despite an almost hopeless medical condition.
After
his release, the Beijing authorities have imposed on Li - who is now 45 - to
show up once a month at a police station in the capital for
"controls". In
addition, the courts imposed him to never for any reason leave Beijing, give interviews
or express political opinions "even on the internet." His
case was brought to light by the Chinese
Human Rights Defender, an organization that deals with the human rights
situation in China.
The
alleged crime for which the dissident has spent more than half his life in jail
is the burning of a tank in the Chaoyang district, during the riots of 1989: He
was trying to prevent the soldiers from reaching the city center. In
January 1991, the High Court of the People in Beijing sentenced him to death,
in 1993 the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and finally, in 1996, to
20 years' imprisonment.
Instead
the government has not revoked or reduced punishment of Lu Jiaping, from Henan
dissident sentenced to 10 years in prison for "inciting subversion of
state power". The
man suffered a heart attack in jail and is currently in serious condition. Immediately
after the attack, the Shaoyang prison guards handcuffed his hands and feet
before taking him to hospital. Lu,
71, suffers from several ailments including coronary damage, necrosis of the femur,
diabetes, gall bladder, and hyperplasia of the spine.
The
clinical picture however has failed to convince the authorities to release him
despite the constant requests of his family. The
Beijing Intermediate People's Court sentenced him May 13, 2011. Many believe
that behind the severity of his conviction is the fact that Lu revealed several
scandals involving senior party members. The
dissident has called the former president Jiang Zemin, "a traitor".
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