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Subject: CHINA: Repression of journalists continues with two more arrests (Eng+Fr)
Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières
Press release
7 May 2008
CHINA
Repression of journalists continues with two more arrests
Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the Chinese authorities to place a journalist known by the name of Naranbilig under house arrest for a year after holding him for 20 days in Inner Mongolia. It also condemns the 3 May arrest of writer Zhou Yuanzhi, who may now be charged with "inciting subversion of state authority" as many other Chinese intellectuals and dissidents have already.
"With just three months left to the Beijing Olympic Games, the authorities continue to jail people who express independent or critical views in different parts of the country," the press freedom organisation said. "Whether it is a Mongol journalist or a writer in Hubei province, they are silenced with the same determination. Far from view, the repression continues as the games draw near."
Naranbilig, an independent journalist and human rights activist of Mongol origin, was arrested on 23 March at his home in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. His family was not informed of his arrest until he was released on bail of 1,850 euros and placed under house arrest for one year beginning on 12 April. The police searched his home, confiscating his computer and many personal documents.
The author of dozens of books and essays about the Mongol minority, Naranbilig edited a monthly magazine called Golonte ("Family Hearth") that was banned in 2006 after only five issues. An ambassador of Mongol culture and traditions, he represented the Southern Mongolian nomad community in the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous People (WAMIP).
According to the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Centre (SMHRIC), he was arrested in an attempt to suppress the issue of minorities in Inner Mongolia, as has already been done in Xinjiang, in the north, and Tibet, in the west. Inner Mongolia's leading political prisoner, the Mongol journalist Hada, has been detained since 1995 and is serving a 15-year sentence for "separatism" and "spying." His family recently complained about the appalling conditions in which he is being held and the deterioration in his health.
A writer and journalist aged 47, Zhou was arrested with his wife on 3 May in Zhongxiang, in the central province of Hubei, by the city's State Security Bureau. According to the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, a writers' association, he has not been seen since his arrest. His wife was released and placed under house arrest. It is impossible to reach their house by telephone.
Zhou was expelled from the Communist Party in 1992 after writing an article for a Voice of America publication. The authorities have often criticised him for raising social problems and government corruption in the hundreds of articles he has written. The Zhongxiang police say they have lots of evidence that would allow them to prosecute him on a charge of "inciting subversion of state authority."
Reporters Without Borders condemns a decision by the Chinese authorities to place a journalist known by the name of Naranbilig under house arrest for a year after holding him for 20 days in Inner Mongolia. It also condemns the 3 May arrest of writer Zhou Yuanzhi, who may now be charged with "inciting subversion of state authority" as many other Chinese intellectuals and dissidents have already.
"With just three months left to the Beijing Olympic Games, the authorities continue to jail people who express independent or critical views in different parts of the country," the press freedom organisation said. "Whether it is a Mongol journalist or a writer in Hubei province, they are silenced with the same determination. Far from view, the repression continues as the games draw near."
Naranbilig, an independent journalist and human rights activist of Mongol origin, was arrested on 23 March at his home in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. His family was not informed of his arrest until he was released on bail of 1,850 euros and placed under house arrest for one year beginning on 12 April. The police searched his home, confiscating his computer and many personal documents.
The author of dozens of books and essays about the Mongol minority, Naranbilig edited a monthly magazine called Golonte ("Family Hearth") that was banned in 2006 after only five issues. An ambassador of Mongol culture and traditions, he represented the Southern Mongolian nomad community in the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous People (WAMIP).
According to the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Centre (SMHRIC), he was arrested in an attempt to suppress the issue of minorities in Inner Mongolia, as has already been done in Xinjiang, in the north, and Tibet, in the west. Inner Mongolia's leading political prisoner, the Mongol journalist Hada, has been detained since 1995 and is serving a 15-year sentence for "separatism" and "spying." His family recently complained about the appalling conditions in which he is being held and the deterioration in his health.
A writer and journalist aged 47, Zhou was arrested with his wife on 3 May in Zhongxiang, in the central province of Hubei, by the city's State Security Bureau. According to the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, a writers' association, he has not been seen since his arrest. His wife was released and placed under house arrest. It is impossible to reach their house by telephone.
Zhou was expelled from the Communist Party in 1992 after writing an article for a Voice of America publication. The authorities have often criticised him for raising social problems and government corruption in the hundreds of articles he has written. The Zhongxiang police say they have lots of evidence that would allow them to prosecute him on a charge of "inciting subversion of state authority."
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7 Mai 2008
CHINE
La répression à l'encontre des journalistes continue avec deux nouvelles arrestations
Reporters sans frontières condamne la décision des autorités chinoises de placer en résidence surveillée pendant un an le journaliste surnommé Naranbilig, après l'avoir maintenu en détention pendant 20 jours en Mongolie intérieure. Parallèlement, l'organisation dénonce l'arrestation, le 3 mai 2008, de l'écrivain Zhou Yuanzhi, qui risque d'être poursuivi pour "incitation à la subversion du pouvoir de l'Etat", comme de nombreux intellectuels et dissidents chinois.
"De part et d'autre de la Chine, les autorités continuent à incarcérer les voix indépendantes ou critiques à l'égard du gouvernement, à moins de trois mois des Jeux olympiques de Pékin. Qu'ils soient journaliste mongol ou écrivain de la province du Hubei, les intellectuels sont réduits au silence avec le même acharnement. Loin des regards, la répression se poursuit avant les JO", a déclaré Reporters sans frontières.
Le journaliste indépendant d'origine mongole et militant des droits de l'homme, connu sous le nom de Naranbilig, a été arrêté le 23 mars 2008, à son domicile de Hohhot, capitale de la Région autonome de Mongolie intérieure. Sa famille n'a pas été informée de sa détention avant qu'il ne soit libéré contre une caution de 1850 euros et placé en résidence surveillée pour une durée d'un an, à compter du 12 avril. Son domicile a été perquisitionné par la police qui a confisqué son ordinateur et de nombreux documents personnels.
Reporters sans frontières condamne la décision des autorités chinoises de placer en résidence surveillée pendant un an le journaliste surnommé Naranbilig, après l'avoir maintenu en détention pendant 20 jours en Mongolie intérieure. Parallèlement, l'organisation dénonce l'arrestation, le 3 mai 2008, de l'écrivain Zhou Yuanzhi, qui risque d'être poursuivi pour "incitation à la subversion du pouvoir de l'Etat", comme de nombreux intellectuels et dissidents chinois.
"De part et d'autre de la Chine, les autorités continuent à incarcérer les voix indépendantes ou critiques à l'égard du gouvernement, à moins de trois mois des Jeux olympiques de Pékin. Qu'ils soient journaliste mongol ou écrivain de la province du Hubei, les intellectuels sont réduits au silence avec le même acharnement. Loin des regards, la répression se poursuit avant les JO", a déclaré Reporters sans frontières.
Le journaliste indépendant d'origine mongole et militant des droits de l'homme, connu sous le nom de Naranbilig, a été arrêté le 23 mars 2008, à son domicile de Hohhot, capitale de la Région autonome de Mongolie intérieure. Sa famille n'a pas été informée de sa détention avant qu'il ne soit libéré contre une caution de 1850 euros et placé en résidence surveillée pour une durée d'un an, à compter du 12 avril. Son domicile a été perquisitionné par la police qui a confisqué son ordinateur et de nombreux documents personnels.
Cet écrivain, auteur de dizaines d'ouvrages sur la condition de la minorité mongole, a été rédacteur en chef du mensuel Golonte ("Foyer"), interdit par les autorités, en 2006, après seulement cinq éditions. Ambassadeur de la culture mongole et de ses traditions, Naranbilig représente la communauté nomade de Mongolie du Sud à la World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous People (WAMIP). Selon le Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC), son arrestation est un moyen de se débarrasser de la question des minorités en Mongolie intérieure, comme cela se passe au Xinjiang (Nord) et au Tibet (Ouest). Le principal prisonnier politique mongol, le journaliste Hada, est toujours détenu par les autorités chinoises qui l'ont condamné, en 1995, à 15 ans de prison pour "séparatisme" et "espionnage". Sa famile s'est récemment plainte de ses conditions déplorables de détention et de la dégradation de sa santé.
Dans la province du Hubei, l'écrivain et journaliste Zhou Yuanzhi, âgé de 47 ans, est détenu, depuis le 3 mai dernier, par le Bureau de la sécurité d'Etat de Zhongxiang. Selon l'association Independent Chinese PEN Center, l'écrivain n'a pas été revu depuis son arrestation en compagnie de sa femme. Celle-ci a depuis été relâchée et placée en résidence surveillée. Il est impossible de joindre leur domicile par téléphone. Zhou Yuanzhi avait été exclu du Parti communiste, en 1992, après avoir contribué à un article pour une publication de Voice of America. Les autorités lui ont régulièrement reproché de parler des problèmes sociaux et de la corruption de l'administration dans les centaines d'articles qu'il a rédigés. La police de Zhongxiang dit posséder de nombreuses preuves qui lui permettraient de poursuivre Zhou Yuanzhi pour "incitation à la subversion du pouvoir de l'Etat".
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