In this photo taken on June 30, 2010, Ni Yulan on a wheelchair is helped by her husband Dong Jiqin outside a temporary lodging in a hotel in Beijing. Ni, a former lawyer and veteran activist left disabled by past police mistreatment, went on trial Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, the third dissident in a week to be prosecuted as China presses a sweeping crackdown to deter popular uprisings like the ones that shook the Arab world. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

中国短讯

骆家辉呼吁立即释放倪玉兰

北京

据德新社报道,美国驻华大使骆家辉(Gary Locke)周一(4月16日)呼吁中国当局释放著名维权人士倪玉兰夫妇,并要求立即取消对她(他)们的女儿董璇人身自由的限制。上周,北京一家法院以“刻意引发争执、寻衅滋事及破坏私有及公有财产”分别判处倪玉兰(51岁)及其丈夫董继勤(59岁)2年零8个月和2年监禁。倪玉兰夫妇曾长期为政府强征土地受害者的权益提供法律维权帮助。2002年和2008年,倪玉兰曾先后两次因“妨碍公务”和“破坏公物”的罪名被判监禁,在拘押期间被毒打致残,只能靠轮椅行动。骆家辉大使今天表示,他对倪玉兰夫妇遭判决“非常忧虑”,对倪玉兰的健康状况非常忧虑,他同时谴责当局对倪玉兰夫妇的女儿实施没有法律依据的软禁。