Dear Colleagues and Friends,

On March 6, a group of young Chinese feminists (under 30 years old) were arrested in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Hangzhou. They were in the middle of the preparation for the celebration of the March 8th International Women's Day. This year's theme for their performative action in the public space is anti-sexual harassment on the public transportation. They prepared some small size signs and planned to put them on the subways and buses (see the attached photo). The detailed information can be found in the New York Times article below. Here I enclose a photo of the evidence of their crimes and a photo of the so-called “warrant” shown to them in Beijing. The crime in Chinese can be translated as “creating disturbance” or “being disorderly.” This is the common name of crime applied to all the social activists for various causes in China, but the first time applied to feminist activism. The illegal warrant in the photo lists the name of Haidian District Detention Center in Beijing.

Below is a web link created by Chinese feminists requesting your signature on the petition to release the five young women. Please sign it and help circulate it globally as well.

Many thanks!

Wang Zheng

We have setted up a sign-up link to call on feminists all over the world to support them and urge the government to release them as soon as possible.  

http://goo.gl/forms/v7m4L8tYdB

Would you please sign up and circulate the link as widely as you can?  Our goal is to  collect support from 1000 feminists from 50 countries within a week. 

Here is the New York Times Link as reference. 

 The New York Times, March 8, 2015

Edward Wong, China Detains Several Women’s Rights Activists

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/09/world/asia/china-detains-womens-rights-activists-in-several-cities.html?_r=0  

Thank you so much!  Your support is highly valued and appreciated!

45women team (China)