Reuters-China says US should not interfere after human rights lawyer deported back
October 12, 2023 2 min 282 words
这则报道涉及中国驱逐回国的人权律师卢思伟，再次引发了国际社会对中国人权状况的关切。中国外交部敦促美国不要干涉中国的法律案件处理，但外界对卢思伟的遭遇充满担忧。这个案例突显了中国政府对维权人士的打压，以及对外国介入的强硬立场。 卢思伟的被捕和遣返回国似乎与他代理敏感案件有关，其中包括12名2020年试图逃往台湾的香港公民被中国海警逮捕的案件。他的律师执照在2021年被中国当局吊销，这表明中国政府对维权律师的打压一直存在。 这一报道突显了言论自由和人权的紧张局势，以及中国政府对批评声音的强硬回应。国际社会需要密切关注中国的人权状况，同时中国也应该为其法律行动提供更多透明度，以建立国际信任。这个案例再次强调了言论自由和人权的普遍重要性，无论在哪个国家都不应该被忽视。
China's foreign ministry on Thursday urged the United States not to interfere in China's handling of legal cases, after Washington called on Beijing to provide information on the whereabouts of a Chinese human rights lawyer whose family said was deported from Laos.
Rights lawyer Lu Siwei was extradited to China in September after being detained for over two months in Laos, his wife Zhang Chunxiao wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"The judicial organs strictly handle cases according to the law and the relevant person's legitimate rights are fully protected," foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told a daily briefing.
"The U.S. must not interfere through any means with Chinese judicial organs' handling of cases according to the law."
Lu was arrested in Laos on July 28 as he tried to travel to the United States to reunite with his wife and daughter, according to rights groups. He was detained by Lao police while boarding a train bound for Thailand, on charges of traveling on fraudulent documents.
He is currently being held in Xindu Detention Centre in Chengdu, Sichuan province, his wife wrote on X.
Two government-appointed defence lawyers were prevented by detention centre staff from delivering medicine to Lu earlier this week, said Bob Fu, founder of the U.S.-based NGO China Aid, who has been campaigning for Lu's release.
Calls to the detention centre were not answered. Zhang, his wife, declined an interview request from Reuters.
Lu had taken on politically-sensitive cases including one involving 12 Hong Kong citizens who were arrested by the Chinese coastguard in 2020 as they tried to flee on a boat to Taiwan.
His legal licence was revoked by Chinese authorities in 2021.