国际笔会狱中作家委员会关于赵岩

 

被判刑三年的紧急行动通报 (图)

 


狱中作家委员会


请看热点:新闻自由

(2006年8月27日)
    
记者赵岩

 
记者赵岩

    

2006年8月25日

紧急行动网络2004年第43号第二次补充
    

中国:记者赵岩泄漏国家机密罪被撤消,但被判欺诈罪
    
    国际笔会狱中作家委员会欢迎 2006年8月25日宣布撤销对记者赵岩泄漏国家机密罪的指控,但对以欺诈罪判决他三年徒刑表示严重关注。国际笔会要求在他可能上诉期间立即无条件释放他。
    
    《纽约时报》北京办事处新闻助理和前《中国改革》杂志记者赵岩于2004年9月17日被捕,并被控以“向外国人提供机密”。他被指控于2004年 9月7日在《纽约时报》上发表一篇文章,透露江泽民将辞去中央军委主席职务,把权力移交给国家主席胡锦涛。该文早于正式宣布江辞职的2004年9月19 日,但《纽约时报》称赵与该文没有任何关联。虽然对赵的指控在胡锦涛访美的数周前被撤销,但在2006年5月又重新恢复,对于他所谓的欺诈罪没有任何报道,但赵的律师相信他极可能上诉。
    
    请发出呼吁:
    ——欢迎撤销对记者赵岩泄漏国家机密罪的指控,但对他仍然被监禁表示严重关注。
    ——呼吁在他可能上诉期间立即无条件释放他。
    
    呼吁书请寄:
    中华人民共和国,北京,邮政编码 100032
    国务院转
    中华人民共和国国家主席胡锦涛阁下
    
    中华人民共和国,北京市,邮政编码 100726
    北河沿大街147号
    最高人民检察院检察长贾春旺先生
    
    请注意:中国当局的传真号码不再使用,因而可要求你所在国的中国外交使节转寄呼吁书。
    
    如果可能,请将呼吁书副本交你所在国的中国外交使节。
    有关进一步消息,请联系国际笔会狱中作家委员会的 Cathy McCann,
    地址: Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London WC1V 6ER
    电话:+ 44 (0) 20 7405 0338,
    传真:+44 (0) 20 7405 0339
    电子信箱:cathy.mccann@internationalpen.org.uk
    网址:www.internationalpen.org.uk
    
    (独立中文笔会狱中作家委员会根据英文原稿翻译)
    
    ----------------------------------------
    RAPID ACTION NETWORK
    25 August 2006
    Update #2 to RAN 43/04
    
    CHINA: Journalist Zhao Yan acquitted of revealing state secrets but convicted of fraud
    
    The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN welcomes the announcement on 25 August 2006 that the charge of revealing state secrets has been dropped against journalist Zhao Yan, but is seriously concerned at his sentencing to three years in jail for fraud. International PEN demands his immediate and unconditional release pending his likely appeal.
    
    Zhao Yan, news assistant at the Beijing bureau of the New York Times and former reporter for China Reform magazine, was arrested on 17 September 2004 and charged with "providing state secrets to foreigners". He was charged for an article published in the New York Times on 7 September 2004 revealing Jiang Zemin's retirement from the position of Chairman of the Central Military Commission and the transfer of leadership to President Hu Jintao. The article preceded the official announcement about Jiang's retirement, which was made on 19 September 2004. The New York Times said that Zhao had no involvement whatsoever in the article. Although the charges against Zhao were dropped in March 2006, weeks ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States, they were reinstated in May 2006. No information has been given about his alleged fraud, but Zhao's lawyers believe he is likely to appeal the conviction.
    
    Please send appeals:
    - Welcoming the dropping of the charge of revealing state secrets against journalist Zhao Yan, but expressing serious concerns that he remains detained;
    - calling for his immediate and unconditional release pending his likely appeal.
    
    Appeals to:
    His Excellency Hu Jintao
    President of the People's Republic of China
    State Council
    Beijing 100032
    P.R.China.
    
    Procurator General Mr. Jia Chunwang
    Supreme People's Procuratorate
    Beiheyan Street 147
    100726 Beijing
    P.R.China
    
    Please note that fax numbers are no longer available for the Chinese authorities, so you may wish to ask the diplomatic representative for China in your country to forward your appeals.
    
    Please copy appeals to the diplomatic representative for China in your country if possible.
    
    For further information please contact Cathy McCann at International PEN Writers in Prison Committee, Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London WC1V 6ER, Tel.+ 44 (0) 20 7405 0338, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7405 0339, email: cathy.mccann@internationalpen.org.uk
    www.internationalpen.org.uk
    
     [博讯首发,欢迎转载,请注明出处]-


 


欢迎转载,请注明出处

www.chinamz.org