“The Chinese Government Is Growing Ever More Brazen” — Shao Lan: U.S. Citizens Have Also Become Targets of Human Rights Suppression

Shao Lan called on the U.S. government to continue pressuring China after the meeting, demanding the release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in China and Hong Kong, and to use sanctions mechanisms to punish the officials involved; she pointed out that the Chinese government's suppression has spread to U.S. citizens and their relatives, and urged the U.S. side to take action.

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First of course we very much hope that after the meeting ends, the Chinese side can release the political prisoners currently detained. Second, we also very much hope that the U.S. government can take sustained action after the meeting ends and maintain continued attention on Hong Kong and other political prisoners in China, and can keep making solemn demands to the Chinese side to release these detained prisoners of conscience.

Besides paying attention and applying pressure, we of course also very much hope that the U.S. government can make good use of the mechanisms the government currently has, including possibly implementing sanctions and so on, to sanction these CCP and Hong Kong officials who imprison prisoners of conscience, so as to actually exert pressure.

In fact, we see that the Chinese government is growing ever more brazen — not only suppressing human rights advocates around the world, but even committing very serious violations of the human rights of U.S. citizens. So we very much hope that the U.S. government can continue to pay attention and press the Chinese side, demanding the release of U.S. nationals and the relatives of U.S. citizens.