Yu Wensheng, a human rights lawyer sentenced to four years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power,” met with his son on Sunday (9) after more than three years of absence. Another rights lawyer, Qin Yongpei, also met briefly with his elderly mother by video on Mother’s Day. The meeting brought hope to Qin’s mother, who was on the verge of death. (By Gao Feng/Cheng Wen)
Yu Wensheng’s minor son, accompanied by his mother Xu Yan, made a special trip from Beijing to visit his father in Nanjing prison. Xu Yan told the station that the child spoke with Yu Wensheng on Sunday through the glass and over the phone. The half-hour meeting was cordial. Yu Wensheng, for his part, expressed his apologies to the child.
Xu Yan said: Yu Wensheng and the child had a particularly good conversation. Both sides kept smiling. There was no sense of familiarity. Yu gave the child a lot of guidance and advice on life and various aspects of life, and the child agreed. Yu asked the child what he wanted to say, and the child said he missed his father, so Yu was very happy. Yu told the child that he had planned to spend time with him from the age of 10 to 18 (teenage years), and he apologized for not being with him for the past three years.
Yu Wensheng family reunion for the first time in three years
This is the first time in more than three years that the Yu family has been reunited. Xu Yan complained about the authorities’ temporary cancellation of the “family visit”.
Xu Yan said: there are legal and practical cases of affectionate visits. First of all, they can face each other, sometimes they can eat together, sometimes they can sit on the bed and chat face to face in the dormitory where they live, so they can avoid the experience of walking all the way to the visiting area of the prisoner’s cell. That process is actually extremely stressful and even somewhat damaging. I want to protect minors as much as possible. It is very unfortunate that Nanjing Prison did not agree to the affectionate visitation.
Currently Yu Wensheng is still placed in the old disability unit to serve his sentence. Xu Yan said there is no cold air there, the weather is scorching hot in summer, and the letter she sent to her husband before has not been delivered, urging the prison authorities to improve.
The company’s main business is to promote the development of the company’s products and services.
Qin Yongpei’s mother, who is nearly 90 years old, was once on the verge of death. (Exclusive courtesy of Deng Xiaoyun / date of filming unknown)
Qin Yongpei, a lawyer from Guangxi who is also accused of “inciting subversion of state power,” met with his mother, who is nearly 90 years old, by video on Mother’s Day, arranged by the court.
The company’s wife, Deng Xiaoyun, said Qin’s mother had gone on a hunger strike earlier, and it took several attempts to mediate before the authorities allowed her to meet with her son in a video accompanied by her daughter.
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public. She fainted on May 2, and after she woke up, she didn’t eat or drink, so she went on a hunger strike. The day before yesterday (last Saturday), after giving her a bath, she fainted, lost her urine and stopped breathing. (Court) this arrangement is still very humane, the old lady she is now alive again, and eat and drink, feel very amazing.
Qin Yongpei: I’m ready to come out, you have to wait for me
Deng Xiaoyun said Qin Yongpei, who has been out of liberty for more than a year and a half, was emotional during the meeting.
Deng Xiaoyun said: The old lady behaved very well throughout. She was very happy. She was very spirited, did not cry and cry, only repeatedly said, “I thought I would never see you again,” like a child, instead, Qin Yongpei just started to see her mother, see him trying to control himself not to cry this feeling, and then comforted his mother, “I am going to get ready to come out, you have to wait for me “.
Qin Yongpei case opened indefinitely. Deng Xiaoyun understood in her heart that what her husband said was just a good-faith lie.
Deng Xiaoyun said: in order to give his mother the motivation and hope to live, so that she sees hope, have hope well. I myself am a very pessimistic person. I am the most pessimistic about everything, but he is full of hope for life. That’s the kind of person he is.
In October 2019, Qin Yongpei was taken away from his legal information service company by the Nanning police, then placed in criminal detention and formally arrested two months later. Qin Yongpei believes his arrest is related to retaliation against him for reporting two officials of the public security authorities. It is understood that the authorities did not mention the controversy in the dossier, but instead convicted Qin Yongpei based on tens of thousands of tweets he had posted online.
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