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Letter to Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding Liu Xiaobo

A Sydney based organisation wrote to Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop today, pleading her to intercede for its members to secure the release of ailing Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo so that he can travel abroad for much needed medical treatment. This letter is written in response to a joint statement of two foreign medical experts who have visited Liu Xiaobo. The two doctors from Germany and the United States confirm Liu can be moved abroad safely but warn that it needs to happen very soon.

The Sydney Network for Democracy in China (SN4DC) is an Australian non-government organisation that advocates human rights and democracy in China.  I am authorised by SN4DC to repost this letter on my blog.

Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister for Foreign Affairs

cc – members of House of Representatives and Senate

Dear Hon Bishop,

Re: Dr. Liu Xiaobo

We wish to advise that our community is shocked to hear about the latest news of China’s delay in granting permission for the ailing Dr Liu Xiaobo, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, to go abroad for medical treatment. We ask our government to make an urgent response to this human rights violation as a member of the international community and as a country that values the freedom and dignity of the individual, and commitment to the rule of law.

It is widely known that Dr Liu has been incarcerated as a political prisoner in the Liaoning province of PRC. His crime was related to his key role in formulating the famous “Charter 08”, a manifesto published in China in 2008 at the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHRs). Charter 08 advocates for political reforms in China consistent with terms cherished in the UDHRs.

As you are well aware, Dr Liu is a Chinese scholar and human rights activist who insists on a ‘non-violent’ approach to social reforms. His famous Nobel lecture in absentia, delivered by Liv Ullmann on 10 December 2010 says it all: “I Have No Enemies: My Final Statement”. He initially wrote this article with an intention to be read at his trial in December 2009, but it was never allowed to be heard.

While many governments have appealed to China for Dr Liu’s release with no avail, it is ironic that he has finally been granted “medical parole” after being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer while in jail. While he is facing the final stage of his life, he is still denied the freedom to choose where and how he could receive his medical care.

The PRC government claims it is unsafe for him to travel overseas, a lie that had been refuted by the US and German specialists who treated Dr Liu. The way that PRC treats him has provoked grave anger from everywhere around the world except, perhaps, from within China where the news about Dr Liu has been censored.

We ask that our government to take a leading role to urge the Chinese government to take note of this matter as it violates human rights and justice. Dr Liu should not have spent a day in jail and many countries would have agreed on this. The fact that his cancer was not diagnosed until it reached terminal phase while in jail has highlighted the injustice and brutality. Countries that choose not to respond now to Dr Liu’s case would have no excuse as it would be like supporting the oppressor to prolong human right abuses in China.

We therefore request our government to make a clear statement to:

• Condemn the Chinese government’s inhuman and brutal treatment of Dr Liu to 
the extent that Dr Liu is still not allowed to move anywhere at his own choice to get medical treatment and to spend for the rest of his life.

• Join the USA and Germany by offering refugee protection to Dr Liu and his spouse, Liu Xia, so they could choose to come to Australia for his treatment and future life, if they choose to do so. Dr Liu visited Australia in 1993 as a visiting scholar after his jail term for his role in the 1989 Beijing Pro-Democracy Movement. He loves Australia for our democratic system and multicultural environment.
• Condemn China’s human right records in which Dr Liu’s case represents a peak highlight.

Regards,


Sydney Network for Democracy in China (SN4DC)

Chun Wing Fan – Public Officer

Chen Yonglin, Coordinator

Zhang Xiaogang, Coordinator