Release of Jailed Mongolian Activist Delayed

IMPP, Tokyo

December 10, 2010.

        

Khuvisgalt Khereid was submitting petition to Chinese embassy in Tokyo, Japan

           On December 10, 2010, IMPP held a demonstration in front of Chinese embassy in Tokyo, Japan, to protest the delay in releasing Hada and demanded the Chinese authorities to guarantee the safety of the family. On the same day, Ulaanbaatar and Sweden branches of the organization also held demonstrations to mark the event.  General Secretary of IMPP, Khuvisgalt Khereid, submitted a letter of petition to the Chinese embassy in Tokyo. He said that Chinese government should respect its own Constitution and honor the basic human rights for all the ethnic minorities in China.  

IMPP Tokyo, Japan

IMPP Stockholm, Sweden.

IMPP, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 

December 10 of 2010, which happened to be the Human Rights Day adopted by United Nations, is a special day for the the people of Southern Mongolia, aka. "Inner Mongolia" as it was also the scheduled release date for Hada, an ethnic Mongolian human rights activist. Hada, who served 15 years of jail term, the longest term served by a political prisoner in China in recent years, was arrested and convicted in 1995 for organizing Southern Mongolian Democratic Alliance in 1992. Since then, he has been regarded a symbol of resistance in Southern Mongolia, whose people have been subject to the colonial rule of People's Republic of China for more than 60 years and have gone through decades of oppression, discrimination and ethnic genocide. 

 Southern Mongolians are concerned whether or not Hada is going to be actually released as schedule, and, if released, how the Chinese authorities may treat him and his family thereafter. Inner Mongolian People’s Party (IMPP), an exiled Mongolian organization advocating for an independent Southern Mongolia, has expressed such concerns by organizing a series of rallies and demonstrates worldwide in recent days.

Petition in Mongolian