Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BEIJING24491
2006-12-13 10:33:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF YANG
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 024491
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DRL, EAP/CM
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/13/2031
TAGS: PHUM PREL CH
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF YANG
JIANLI; MFA SAYS NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
REF: A. FBIS CPP20061211710001
¶B. BEIJING 24471
¶C. BEIJING 24266
Classified By: Political Internal Unit Chief Susan Thornton.
Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
(C) Poloff contacted MFA IO Human Rights Director Dong Zhihua
on December 13 to inquire about press reports (ref A)
indicating that the Chinese Government might be preparing to
release imprisoned democracy activist and LPR Yang Jianli as
urged by the Ambassador and Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney in recent meetings with AFM He Yafei (Refs B, C).
Dong told poloff that there have been "no new developments"
in Yang's case. Poloff stated that the United States
Government remains prepared to assist with Yang's early
release and urged again that Yang be released now.
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