Open letter to the Sixteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China
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The Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was a petition
from political activists in the People's Republic of China
which urged the Chinese Communist Party to introduce political reforms.
There were 192 signatories to the letter of a letter in November 2002, which was posted on the Internet
calling on the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to introduce political reforms.
The Chinese authorities reacted to its publication with an immediate clampdown and arrest of the more prominent political activists who had signed the letter.
The following notable co-signatories, He Depu
, Jiang Lijun
, Zhao Changqing
, Ouyang Yi
, Sang Jiancheng, Han Lifa, and Dai Xuezhong, have been tried for "subversion
".
Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....
from political activists in the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
which urged the Chinese Communist Party to introduce political reforms.
There were 192 signatories to the letter of a letter in November 2002, which was posted on the Internet
Internet
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calling on the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to introduce political reforms.
6 Demands
- political rehabilitation of the 1989 pro-democracy movement
- the right of political exiles to return from abroad
- release Zhao Ziyang from house arrest and restore his political rights
- the release of jailed political prisoners
- ratification of the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights
- the holding of free elections
The Chinese authorities reacted to its publication with an immediate clampdown and arrest of the more prominent political activists who had signed the letter.
The following notable co-signatories, He Depu
He Depu
He Depu is a dissident in the People's Republic of China.-Biography:He was employed at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. Political activist who took part in the Democracy Wall movement, he was founder of Beijing Youth magazine in 1979....
, Jiang Lijun
Jiang Lijun
Jiang Lijun is a Chinese freelance writer. He has been detained by the Chinese government since November 2002 for posting articles on the Internet which the government considered subversive...
, Zhao Changqing
Zhao Changqing
Zhao Changqing, a history teacher and political activist in the People’s Republic of China.-Biography:Zhao hails from a small village in Shaanxi province, China...
, Ouyang Yi
Ouyang Yi
Ouyang Yi is a former high-school teacher, one of the managers of a pro-democracy web site, and a member of the China Democracy Party.-Biography:...
, Sang Jiancheng, Han Lifa, and Dai Xuezhong, have been tried for "subversion
Subversion (politics)
Subversion refers to an attempt to transform the established social order, its structures of power, authority, and hierarchy; examples of such structures include the State. In this context, a "subversive" is sometimes called a "traitor" with respect to the government in-power. A subversive is...
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