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To: Home Secretary, Theresa May
Tianamen Square in London
We want Theresa May, the UK's Home Secretary, to put pressure on the Metropolitan Police to immediately release Shao Jiang from custody if he is still being held, and to get them to issue a public apology to Shao Jiang for his wrongful arrest.
Why is this important?
On Thursday the 22nd of October, the Metropolitan Police arrested Chinese democracy activist and Tianamen Square survivor, Shao Jiang, on 'suspicion of conspiracy to commit threatening behaviour'. His crime? He was holding up Amnesty International signs which read; 'End autocracy' and 'Democracy Now', as the Chinese President's, Xi Jinping, cavalcade drove past London's Mansion House.
The arrest appears to indicate that the British government is willing to kowtow to China's wishes to suppress any criticism of the Chinese government. Unchallenged, these arrests could represent a very dangerous precedent and could be just the tip of the iceberg in eroding the democratic freedoms that British people have enjoyed for centuries.
We urge you to sign this petition in order to protect our lond-held freedom to protest and express freedom of speech.
