标题: State Dept's Deputy Spokesperson Commented Yesterday on Atty ZHANG Kai [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 2-27-2016 10:21 标题: State Dept's Deputy Spokesperson Commented Yesterday on Atty ZHANG Kai Mark C Toner (Deputy Spokesperson), Daily Press Briefing. US Department of State, Feb 26, 2016. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/02/253722.htm
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"QUESTION: Okay. So today there is a report that this Christian lawyer, Zhang Kai --
"MR TONER: Yeah.
"QUESTION: -- who was detained in August, the day before he was supposed to meet with your special envoy, Ambassador Saperstein --
"MR TONER: That’s right.
"QUESTION: -- that he has been – that he has confessed to breaking the law by disturbing social order, and there is – and endangering state security, and there is some concern that this was a coerced confession. Do you share that?
"MR TONER: We are very concerned about Chinese state media's airing of a purported confession by Zhang Kai prior to any indictment and, frankly, any judicial process whatsoever. Such confessions are counter to the standards of a rule of law society. And you're right that he was detained, as you noted, before he could meet with US Ambassador-at-Large David Saperstein during his August visit to China.
"We urge China to release Zhang and others detained for seeking to peacefully uphold the freedom of religion guaranteed in China’s constitution.