Beijing
(AsiaNews) - While the central government is determined to preach its vision of
a harmonious society in China, in the provinces forced abortions are still
practiced and those who challenge the authorities threatened. This
is the case of Cao Ruyi, 37, and her husband, Li Fu: both have been targeted by
Communist officials in the central province
of Hunan who wanted to
force the woman to a undergo an abortion in the fifth month of pregnancy. Now,
since their attempt failed, that are preventing the man from finding a job and
demanding a fine of thousands of dollars for what happened.
According
to ChinaAid, a Christian organization that helps the Chinese people, it is a
revenge for having failed in their attempt to force an abortion. About
two months ago, in fact, a group of a dozen family planning officers dragged Cao
from her home and beat her trying to procure an abortion since the couple
already has a son: woman
and child survived and she reported the incident.
The
increasing international and domestic pressure forced the authorities to
abandon their plan, but now they are extracting their revenge by preventing
them from finding a new job: "They called my old employer and who had to
fire me. Now they do not know what do. " Moreover,
the authorities forced them to sign an agreement for an unspecified
"fine" to pay for the violation: it amounts to a few thousand
dollars.
According
to the one-child law in force in China since the days of Deng
Xiaoping, urban couples are allowed to have only one child, in rural areas in
recent times a second birth has also been granted. This
is to limit the population and maintain the country's economic development. However,
this terrible law has caused internal unrest and in recent years is also
provoking the indignation of the Chinese people themselves.
In
recent months two cases caused uproar in China, that of Feng Jianmei, from a
town in Ankang forced to abort at the seventh month, and the Pan Chunyan, who
suffered the same fate. These
cases spread on the internet and sparked thousands of comments against the government,
according to a blogger, in fact, "these are the things the Nazis did. The
authorities should be ashamed."