Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:08:59 +0100 From: Vladimir =?iso-8859-1?Q?T=E1mara?= To: chnun@undp.org Subject: Please drop charges aginst Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang Mr. president of China Jiang Zemin I write to ask your intervention, in the case of the workers Yao Fuxin and Xiao Yunliang, that as far as I know don't have other charges against them but "illegal assembly, marches, and protests" although recently the chares were changed to "subversion". ¿Is it subversion to ask for justice? ¿The claims expressed by those workers in their, as far as I know, pacific protests aren't claims for jutice? Since I respect the freedom of associtation, the life, and the justice, and since until now I see in their actions nothing but justice seeking, I ask you humbely to drop the charges against them. According to the information available at: http://hrw.org/press/2003/01/china010903.htm the current charges could even lead to death penalty. Please, don't kill people who looks for justice pacifically. Life and freedon are gifts from God. I could have wrong information, if possible I ask you to inform me better. A colombian who wishes the peace of God Vladimir Támara Patiño