“China Democratic League” Statement on Liu Xiaobo’s Liver Cancer
Bad news from heaven!
Dr. Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner who has been imprisoned for 9 years, has terminal liver cancer. We are all heartbroken and expressing our anger and grief!
As a close friend and comrade-in-arms of the “China Democratic League”, Dr. Liu Xiaobo has always been a leader of the democratic movement that we admire. For more than thirty years, he has worked tirelessly for the development of China’s democratic process and human rights through words and deeds, and has paid a heavy price for this.
Dr. Liu Xiaobo could have been like you and me, and after making great contributions and sacrifices for the democratic progress of his country, he could have stayed away from autocracy and breathed the sweet air of freedom in a Western liberal democratic country; or he could have been a professor in the “Chinese Empire” there and lived a comfortable life. , leading to a prosperous life; however, for the sake of the freedom and dignity of the people, he was not afraid of violence, and would rather sit through the prison of the autocratic regime than settle for anything less. He used his experience of “purgatory” to compose his great life and set an outstanding example for the people and the world!
Dr. Liu Xiaobo finally won the “Nobel Peace Prize” with his consistent thoughts, opinions and actions of “peace, rationality and non-violence”. This award is truly deserved for Dr. Liu Xiaobo himself, and a national pride for the land of China. It is not only a personal praise for Dr. Liu Xiaobo, but also a praise and support for the entire Chinese liberal democratic movement.
Dr. Liu Xiaobo is undoubtedly the most internationally influential leader of China’s democratic movement today. He has the conditions and ability to unite the forces fighting for China’s freedom and democracy at home and abroad. For this reason, the Chinese Communist Party authorities regard this person who “I have no enemies” as the most dangerous enemy. He is imprisoned and isolated from the people. We have been looking forward to and waiting for the day when Dr. Xiaobo is released from prison, and we are looking forward to the reintegration and regrouping of the forces of China’s democratic movement to launch another attack on the fortress of autocracy!
What came unexpectedly was the bad news that Xiaobo had terminal liver cancer. Woohoo! This must be the result of the CCP’s deliberate persecution!
Here, the “China Democratic League” once again lodged a solemn protest to the Chinese Communist authorities and demanded that the Chinese Communist authorities:
1) Immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Liu Xiaobo and completely restore the freedom of Dr. Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Ms. Liu Xia;
2) Truthfully disclose the condition and allow Dr. Liu Xiaobo to choose where to receive treatment;
3) Allow Dr. Liu Xiaobo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in person;
4) Allow Chinese pro-democracy activists to visit and take care of them.
Today is also the 15th anniversary of the kidnapping of Dr. Wang Bingzhang, the pioneer of the overseas democracy movement and the founder of the “China Democratic League”. We also call on the authorities to unconditionally release all political dissidents, prisoners of conscience, and lawyers arrested in 709, and treat the people well. This is also to leave a way for you and your descendants…
We emphasize here: As a representative of the power of peaceful reason, Dr. Liu Xiaobo’s illness is not only related to his personal destiny, but also to the future of China’s liberal democratic transformation. When the power of peaceful reason is suppressed and weakened, what rises must be the power of revolution. We can’t help but ask the Chinese Communist authorities: Why do they ignore the bright road of constitutional reform and force the people to “go up Liangshan” and embark on the road of revolution? Do those in power want what happened to Ceausescu? The nation and the world will look down upon you and mourn!
China Democratic Solidarity Alliance
June 27, 2017