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19th Mar 2014 from TwitLonger
【采访通知Press conference】曹顺利死因未明 辩护律师到港说明案情最新进展
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【采访通知】
曹顺利死因未明 辩护律师到港说明案情最新进展
要求中国政府追究责任 捍卫公民权利
日期：2014年3月20日
时间：上午10：30
地点：香港九龙旺角道 11 号艺旺商业大厦 10/F
出席者：王宇（曹顺利的辩护律师）
滕彪（香港中文大学访问学者，曾为曹顺利的辩护律师）
2013年9月14日曹顺利准备赴日内瓦参与联合国人权理事会“普遍定期审议”会议时，在北京首都机场被北京警方带走，在失踪近一个月后，外界才得知她于当天被送进朝阳区看守所羁押，以涉嫌“非法集会罪”刑事拘留。同年10月21日，被变更罪名为涉嫌“寻衅滋事罪”逮捕。
曹顺利女士被羁押在朝阳区看守所期间，健康状况急剧恶化，曹顺利本人和律师多次要求服用携带药品并得到治疗，但看守所、公安局一直禁止其吃药及拒绝其接受任何治疗。期间家属和律师多次申请保外就医被拒。直至2014年2月19日曹昏迷被送进北京999急救中心急救，后转入北京309医院抢救，期间多次宣告病危，延至2014年3月14日去世。
事件引起国内极大回响及国际社会的关注。 曹顺利的悲剧，是一直以来中国政府对人权捍卫者的报复和压制的一个新的例证。包括美国、英国、加拿大、欧盟、德国等国家，以及大赦国际、人权观察等国际人权机构和联合国特别程序报告员纷纷发出谴责声明。
曹顺利的辩护律师王宇及前辩护律师滕彪将于记者会中交待曹顺利案最新进展、家人状况，以及下一步行动。律师们亦要求：
1. 成立独立调查团，查明曹顺利女士具体死亡原因，朝阳看守所、北京公安局、外交部等部门回避此案的调查；
2. 追究参与迫害并导致曹顺利女士死亡的所有责任人之刑事责任；
3. 中国政府就迫害曹顺利女士致死一事向全国民众公开道歉；
4. 中国政府应该采取切实措施遵守联合国关于保护人权捍卫者的基本准则；
5. 民间将每年3月14日设为“中国人权捍卫者日”；
6. 联合国向因为参与国际人权机制被遭报复致死的曹顺利致哀。
查询：+852 54923004
2014年3月19日
[Press invitation]
Lawyers provide latest updates on Cao Shunli’s case and demand investigation into the rights defender’s suspicious death
Date: 20th March 2014
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: 10/F, 11 Mongkok Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Wang Yu (Defense lawyer of Cao Shunli)
Teng Biao (Visiting Scholar at Chinese University of Hong Kong, former defense lawyer of Cao Shunli)
Cao Shunli was taken away at Beijing Capital International Airport when she was on her way to Gevena for the Universal Periodic Review on China on 14th September 2013. Her friends and family had only learnt that Cao was detained at Chaoyang District Detention Centre for alleged 'illegal assembly' after she disappeared for a month. On 21st October 2013, her charge was changed to alleged 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble'.
During her detention at Chaoyang District Detention Centre, Cao's health deteriorated rapidly. Cao and her lawyer had made numerous requests for taking her own medicine and getting medical treatment. However, the detention centre and the public security bureau had forbidden her to take medicine and had refused to provide any treatment. Applications for medical parole submitted by Cao's family and lawyer were all rejected. On 19th Feb 2014, Cao was sent to Beijing 999 Emergency Centre after falling into a coma. She was later transferred to Beijing 309 Hospital. She was in critical condition. She passed away on 14th March 2014.
The death of Cao Shunli caused great outcry in China and grave concern from the international community. The tragedy of Cao Shunli is yet another example of China suppressing and retaliating human rights defenders. Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, European Union, as well as international organizations such as United Nations Special Rapporteur, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have issued statement condemning Chinese Government.
Cao Shunli’s defense lawyer and former defense lawyer Wang Yu and Teng Biao will give updates on Cao’s case, the situation of Cao’s family, as well as plans for seeking justice. The lawyers also demand:
1. the Chinese government to establish an independent investigation to investigate the cause of Cao Shunli’s death. Chaoyang Detention Centre, Beijing Public Security Bureau as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should avoid getting involved in the investigation duties;
2. the Chinese government to hold those who persecuted Cao and who subsequently caused her death criminally accountable
3. the Chinese government to take concrete measures to comply with the United Nations guidelines for the protection of basic human rights defenders ;
4. the civil society to mark 14th March as ‘China Human Rights Defenders Day’
5. the United Nations to send condolences for the death of Cao Shunli, which was a result of the government’s retaliation against her participation in the international human rights mechanism.
Media Enquiry:+852 54923004
19th March 2014