Dear
Readers,
Please
take a bit of your time to look and participate in this current
campaign.
Chen
GuangCheng is a blind lawyer in China. He is also a civil rights
activist and helped in drawing international attention to human
rights issues in rural areas of China. After talking to Time
magazine about the forced abortion cases in Shandong Province, the
authorities arrested him under the accusation of destruction
of property and assembling a crowd to disrupt traffic
(which is a frame in order to get an innocent man into jail). He was
sentenced to four years and three months in prison.
After
he was released, Chen GuangCheng was put under House Arrest by the
government for no reason. Chen and his wife, along with their six
year old daughter, are forbidden to leave their house. Security
guards make sure that no one can come and visit the family. Many
attempts of supporters have been made to visit Chen and his family,
however they were turned away by force, threatened, robbed, and in
some cases beaten severely.
Chen’s
ten year old son is forced to live with relatives in order to
continue schooling. He is only allowed to see his family once a year,
on New Year’s Eve. Chen’s six year old daughter who was supposed
to start First Grade was rejected from the school. Even though she is
now able to attend school, four to five ‘bodyguards’ place her
under strict supervision by following her to all her classes. The
girl is not allowed to play with others, she is not allowed to come
into contact with others, toys and books sent to her from friends
were all taken away.
The
family remains under house arrest to this day.
All
this was done, because a blind lawyer spoke out against the interests
of the Chinese Government. The government has no reason to place the
Chen family under house arrest. They have no right to cut a six year
old girl away from society. Nor should they separate a ten year old
boy from his family.
This
campaign is called Dark
Glasses. Portrait.
It was started in order to support the family. Put on a pair of dark
glasses (sunglasses/blindfold), ask a friend to take a portrait of
you, write a few words about your thoughts (can be in English!), and
send the picture to ichenguangcheng@gmail.com.
The pictures are gathered at http://ichenguangcheng.blogspot.com/.
Visit
here for original campaign:
http://ichenguangcheng.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post.html
The
campaign has also been featured on China
Real Time Report
(http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/10/20/social-media-helps-china-activists-score-victory-for-blind-lawyer/)
and Artists
Speak Out!
(http://artistsspeakout.com/2011/10/ai-weiwei-others-speak-out-for-blind-chinese-activist-chen-guangcheng/)
Please
help in spreading the word. I as an individual may not be able to do
much, but the least I can let more people know about this. I as an
individual may not be heard, but at least I can motivate other people
to speak out with me.
Thank
you very much for your time, I appreciate it if you would
participate.
In
prayers for a better day.
Sarcastic-O
按：谢谢Sarcastic-O，请大家参与墨镜.肖像项目。让更多的人知道陈光诚，支持陈光诚，直至他和全家完全自由。
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