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Editor’s note: The text of the letter sent by Zhu Xiaoyan is in italics in the story below. The bolded section within that letter denotes the information told to Zhu Xiaoyan by Zhu Yufu’s wife, Jiang Hangli, who visited Zhu Yufu. Also, previous stories concerning Zhu Yufu can be viewed at https://chinaaid.org/2013/04/news-flash-zhu-yufu-has-life.html, https://chinaaid.org/2013/05/urgent-christian-dissident-zhu-yufu.html, and https://chinaaid.org/2013/04/efforts-intensify-to-save-long-time.html.
ChinaAid received a letter from Zhu Xiaoyan, the sister of Zhu Yufu, a prominent Christian prisoner of conscience. In the letter, she wrote about a recent visit to Zhu Yufu in the prison. His family is very concerned about his well-being given the torture to mind and body he constantly endures. Zhu Yufu’s family calls on the U.S. government and the international community to continue to show concern and to try to rescue Zhu Yufu.
Early this year, ChinaAid joined with over 30 international human rights organizations and launched the “Free China 16” campaign. Zhu Yufu is among these 16 prisoners of conscience. ChinaAid will never give up on calling for the rescue of brother Zhu Yufu. The harsh reality of the increasingly severe suppression of dissidents in China is very disconcerting. Following is the letter from Zhu Xiaoyan:
Yesterday was a visitation day for my brother Zhu Yufu. My sister-in-law Jiang Hangli told us roughly how the visit went for this month:
My brother Zhu Yufu’s current physical health condition is very poor. However, the mental torture he suffers is even worse. We in the family are very worried that Zhu Yufu’s will power will collapse and we are worried that he may be unable to endure one mental torture after another. In the meantime, we hereby lodge our strong protest and express our indignation against Prison No. 4 of Zhejiang in treating a prisoner of conscience like this.
Zhu Xiaoyan
September 14, 2013
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