This letter was received in the mailbox of the email sent by a known organization helping the persecuted church in
China. We include this letter as a post and we hope our readers are aware
of the reality of believers in Christ who are repressed in China
Authorities Cut Alim's Time with
Family
Dear Cubareligion,
I have some very disturbing news to
share with you, I hope you’ll take the time to read it.
Recently, the wife of jailed Uyghur
Christian leader, Alimujiang, has had her short, monthly visits with her
husband severely curtailed!
Imagine, you have two growing boys
who long to see their father, but he’s in prison because of his religious
beliefs! Up until now, you and the boys were able to see him once a month for
20 minutes and you cherished every precious minute.
However, now you’ve been told that
the monthly visits would no longer be permitted – you’d have to wait and see
him once every three months!
And, you’d not get 20 minutes, but
only 10 minutes.
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Alimujiang, wife and children in
photo
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Your husband called on New Year’s Day
to say he hoped that you could bring your two sons to visit him. Would you go
to the prison on only the hope that the prison authorities would allow them to
visit?
That’s the dilemma you face.
Here you are, your husband sentenced
to 15 years in prison only because of his religious beliefs. And, now you’ve
been told he can’t see you and your young boys as often as before.
Of course ChinaAid expresses its shock at this latest
persecution of Alimujiang and his family and condemns the Xinjiang authorities
for this heartless decision. You
can click here to help the persecuted like Alimujiang
And, the road has not been an easy
one. It all began in 2007 when the Kashgar Municipal Bureau for Ethnic and
Religious Affairs in Xinjiang ruled that: “Since 2002, Alimujiang Yimiti has
been engaged in illegal religious infiltration activities in Kashi area in the
name of work. He preached Christianity, distributed religious propaganda
materials and converted people to Christianity among ethnic Uighurs.”
Then in 2008 the Kashgar Municipal
Public Security Bureau placed Alimujiang under criminal detention on suspicion
of "inciting the secession of the state” and “illegally providing state
secrets to foreigners.” A few days later he was formally arrested by order of
the procuratorate.
On September 12, 2008, the United
Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention reached a
decision with regard to Alimujiang’s case. In its Document No. 29 for 2008, it
determined that Alimujiang was arbitrarily detained.
Yet, nothing happened until August
2009 when the Kashgar Intermediate Court secretly sentenced Alimujiang to 15
years imprisonment on the charge of “illegally providing state secrets to a
foreigner." The court did not notify Alimujiang’s wife or his attorney,
Mr. Li Dunyong, of the verdict and sentence until two months later.
Alimujiang appealed and was
represented by the prominent human rights attorney Mr. Li Baiguang.
On March 16, 2010, the Higher
People’s Court of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region upheld the lower court
verdict of Kashgar District Intermediate Court at a closed hearing during which
Alimujiang’s attorney was denied permission to argue his case. Alimujiang was
sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years deprivation of political rights.
Alimujiang was transferred from the Kashgar Detention Center to serve his
sentence at the Xinjiang No. 3 Prison.
Then in November 2010 the Xinjiang
Higher People’s Court accepted the appeal filed by Alimujiang’s wife, Gulinuer,
and his mother, Wuxiuerhan, and decided to retry Alimujiang’s case of
“disclosing top state secrets.” At the request of his family members, Beijing's
Gongxin Law Firm, which had been representing Alimujiang throughout this case
sent its attorneys who arrived in Urumqi on November 17. After Christmas 2010,
Xinjiang Higher People’s Court notified Gulinuer that they had made a decision
on this case on December 20 in a collegial panel.
But hope was dashed in February 2011
when the Xinjiang Higher People’s Court notified Alimujiang Yimiti, who was
already serving his sentence, that it was upholding his original sentence of 15
years imprisonment.
ChinaAid is deeply suspicious of the
administrative abilities of the Xinjiang authorities and of their motivations
for this decision, which can only draw negative attention. This combination of
weak government administration and its willful violation of the law is a sign
that Xinjiang's situation will continue to deteriorate. ChinaAid urges the new
Chinese leadership to promote the rule of law by unconditionally releasing
Alimujiang as soon as possible.
ChinaAid diligently seeks to help
men, like Alimujiang, who are being persecuted for their faith and where human
rights are being violated by providing legal aid where possible and helping the
families of political prisoners.
Your gift of $100, $75 or $50 will
help ChinaAid continue to defend men
like Alimujiang. Please take a moment right now and consider serving the
persecuted through your gift.
You can click here to make your gift
-- please let me hear from you today!
Serving the persecuted with you,
Bob Fu, President
P.S. We spend about $2,000 each month
in emergency support and over $15,000 each month providing legal defense for
the persecuted like Alimujiang. Each and every gift help provide for the
persecuted in China. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
P.P.S. ChinaAid also urges people of conscience in
China as well as worldwide to write letters to Alimujiang to express their
concern for his situation. The address is:
Team 19, Area 5, Prison No. 3 of Xinjiang, Dongzhan Road,Urumqi,
Xinjiang. 830013
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