o Brigid O'Reilly, Catholics for a Free Choice/Canada
    o Ayo Obe, Civil Liberties Organisation, Nigeria
    o Gladys Parentelli, Foro Permanente por la Igualdad de Género, Venezuela
    o Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker, Starr King School for the Ministry, USA
    o Daniel Pellegrom, Pathfinder International, USA
    o Rev. Dr. Albert M. Pennybacker, Clergy and Laity Network of Kentucky and (formerly)
    The Interfaith Alliance, USA
    o Gordon W. Perkin, MD, Path Leadership Council, USA
    o Prof. Rosalind Petchesky, Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New
    York, USA
    o Eva Pils, USA
    o Anika Rahman, Americans for UNFPA, USA
    o Rev. Dr. George F. Regas, The Regas Institute, USA
    o Chini Rueda Sabater, Spain
    o Ulla Sandb?k, former MEP, Denmark
    o Save Our Sacrament: Reform of Annulment and Respondent Support
    o Stirling Scruggs, USA
    o John Seager, Population Connection, USA
    o Jacqueline Sharpe, IPPF - Family Planning Association of Trinidad and Tobago
    o Jill W. Sheffield, Family Care International, USA
    o Steve Sinding, UK
    o Lene Sj?rup, PhD, Denmark
    o William H. Slavick, Pax Christi Maine, USA
    o Phyllis Snyder, National Council of Jewish Women, USA
    o Regina Soares Jurkewicz, Rede Latino-Americana De Católicas Pelo Direito De Decidir
    S?o Paulo – Brasil
    o Rev. Charles H. Straut, Jr., D.Min., Mission and Social Justice Ministry, USA
    o Valerie J Stroud, We Are Church, UK
    o Lend Sund, Belgium
    o Margaret Thomas, Davenport Unitarian Church, USA
    o Emilie M. Townes, Yale University Divinity School, USA
    o Coca Trillini, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir/Buenos Aires-Argentina
    o Kim S. Wayne, A Critical Mass: Women Celebrating Eucharist, USA
    o Patricia Willis, Feminist Caucus of the American Humanist Association, USA
    o June Keener Wink, USA
    o Sara Winkowski, Uruguay
    o Dr. Mark Wise, Center for Cooperative Change, USA
    o Harry Wu, The Laogai Research Foundation, Washington, DC
    o Susan Wysocki, RNC, NP, FAANP, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in
    Women's Health, USA
    o Mr. Sylvestre K. Zounou, Human Rights Officer, Fondation Afrique Liberte (NGO),
    Togo
   
    CC:
    Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Standing Committee of the Shandong People's Congress
    People's Republic of China Supreme People's Procuratorate and Shandong Province People's Procuratorate
    People's Republic of China Ministry of Supervision and Shandong Province Supervision Bureau
    Xiao Yang, President of the Supreme People's Court
    Minister Zhou Yongkang, Ministry of Public Security
    Minister Zhang Fusen, Ministry of Justice
    Yang Aihua, Director of the Municipal Population and Family Planning Committee, President of the Municipal Population Planning Association
    Li Qun, Party Secretary of Linyi city, Chairman of Linyi Local People's Congress
    Lian Chengmin, Mayor of Linyi city
    Li Honghai, Member of Linyi Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee, Secretary of the Politics and Law
    Commission
    Liu Jie, Deputy Mayor of Linyi city, Director of Linyi Public Security Bureau
    Ambassdor Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States
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    www.catholicsforchoice.org
   
   
    CHINA'S PRESIDENT CALLED ON TO RELEASE BAREFOOT LAWYER WHO OPPOSED COERCIVE ABORTIONS
   
    Advocates around the world criticize treatment of Chen Guangcheng, seek investigation and redress for human rights violations.
   
    BEIJING— Today more than 100 leaders in the fields of human rights, bioethics, reproductive health and religion from more than 30 countries and six continents submitted a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao to protest the treatment and trial of Chen Guangcheng.
   
    The letter, coordinated by Catholics for a Free Choice and signed by individuals who have dedicated their lives to the pursuit of social justice, human rights, ethics and morality, asked the relevant national and municipal authorities "to immediately begin investigative procedures into and launch legal supervision of the severe violations of the human rights of Chen Guangcheng."
   
    Chen, a lawyer and human rights defender, became subject to harassment, arbitrary detention and other human rights violations last year after exposing a large-scale population planning campaign that both violated the Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China and included coercive and forceful actions such as imprisonment, assault and non-voluntary sterilization and abortion in Linyi city, Shandong province. On Thursday, 24 August, he was sentenced to four years, three months imprisonment in a trial that excluded his own lawyers from participation.
   
    " This action against Chen is surprising in light of China's recent improvements in law and practice, which call for non-coercive reproductive health services," said Frances Kissling, president of Catholics for a Free Choice and the leader of an interfaith delegation that traveled to China in 2003 to investigate its family planning practices. "It demonstrates governmental ambivalence in implementing these policies. International pressure—especially from those supportive of reproductive health—is essential to building Chinese resolve to respect the human rights of women regarding reproduction."
   
    Appalled by the treatment of Chen, the signatories of the letter stated: "We hope this resolution will include the release of Chen Guangcheng and associates as the result of proper due process and in conformation with international human rights standards."

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