【大澳门威尼斯人赌场官网12月17日讯】国际笔会狱中作家委员会收到报告，独立中文作家笔会会员、作家兼诗人师涛于2004年12月 14日被正式指控 “非法向境外提供国家机密 ”。他仍受羁押，限见家属。国际笔会担心，师涛仅仅是因和平表达自己的观点而受羁押，因而违反了联合国《世界人权宣言》第19条。国际笔会呼吁立即无条件释放他，并要求确保他在羁押中不遭虐待。

最近报告说，师涛于2004年12月14日被正式指控 “非法向境外提供国家机密”。该项指控的确切理由仍然不清楚，但据认为是与他今年 5月在互联网上贴出的一篇文章有关。

师涛于 2004年11月24日在山西省太原市家中遭长沙市国家安全局警察拘捕。警察还没收了他的作品、电脑和其它个人物品，并把他被转押到湖南省长沙市。

请发送呼吁：

——表达对笔会会员、记者兼诗人师涛被捕的严重关注，并呼吁立即无条件地释放他，因为逮捕他已违反中华人民共和国已签署的《关于公民权利和政治权利的国际公约》第十九条；

——寻求确保他在羁押中不受虐待，并呼吁在此期间让他有权与家人见面、有司法代理以及必要的医疗保健。

呼吁书发给：

中华人民共和国北京市100032

中华人民共和国国务院转

国家主席胡锦涛阁下

中华人民共和国北京市100020

朝阳区朝阳门南大街10号

司法部长张福森阁下

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请注意：给中国当局的传真号码已不再可用，你也许可以通过所在国的中国外交代表来转送你的呼吁书。

如果可能的话，请把呼吁书复印给你所在国的中国外交代表。

若需进一步的信息，请联络国际笔会狱中作家委员会的Cathy McCann：

9/10 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AT, U.K. Tel:

+44 (0)207 253 3226, fax: +44 (0)207 253 5711, email: cmccann@wipcpen.org

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RAPID ACTION NETWORK

16 December 2004

RAN 55/04 Update #1

China: Writer Shi Tao reported to have been formally charged

The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN has received reports that writer, poet and Independent Chinese PEN member, Shi Tao, was formally charged on 14 December 2004 with “illegally providing state secrets overseas”. He remains detained with limited access to his family. International PEN fears that Shi Tao is detained solely for the peaceful expression of his opinions, and therefore in contravention of Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. PEN calls for his immediate and unconditional release, and demands assurances that he is not ill-treated in detention.

Recent reports state the Shi Tao was formally charged on 14 December 2004. The precise reasons for the charges remain unclear, but it is thought that they relate to an article he posted onto the internet in May this year.

Shi Tao was arrested at his home in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, northwest China, by police from Changsha National Security Bureau, southern China, on 24 November 2004. They also confiscated his writings, computer and other personal belongings. He was transferred to Changsha, Hunan Province, southern China.

Shi Tao, aged 36, has worked as a freelance journalist for several newspapers including the Changsha-based daily Dangdai Shang Bao (Contemporary Trade News), which he left in May 2004 in order to return to his home city of Taiyuan. He has also written a number of articles, including political commentaries, for online forums, in particular the overseas Chinese web-site Min Zhu Lun Tan (Democracy Forum). He has published several books of poetry.

Please send appeals:

– Expressing serious concern about the arrest of journalist, poet and PEN member Shi Tao, and calling for his immediate and unconditional release as a violation of Article 19 of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, to which the People’s Republic of China is a signatory;

– Seeking assurances that he is not being ill-treated in detention, and urging that he be given access to family visits, legal representation and any necessary medical care whilst he is detained.

Appeals to:

His Excellency Hu Jintao

President of the People’s Republic of China

State Council

Beijing 100032

P.R.China.

His Excellency Zhang Fusen

Minister of Justice

10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie

Chaoyang-qu

Beijing-shi 100020

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 WiPC, 9/10 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AT, U.K. Tel: +44 (0)207 253 3226, fax: +44 (0)207 253 5711, email: cmccann@wipcpen.org

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