Govruud Huuchinhuu

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Govruud Huuchinhuu ( Mongolian : Говрууд Хуучинхуу, * 1954 - † October 25, 2016 ) was a dissenting writer and human rights activist from Inner Mongolia . In January 2011, Huuchinhuu disappeared after leaving Tongliao Hospital in Inner Mongolia. After two years of forced disappearance by the Chinese government, she was placed under house arrest. She died of cancer on October 25, 2016. She was monitored around the clock until her last breath.

Career

Write

Huuchinhuu is known for her book Elm with Stone Heart , a collection of essays and short stories with a central theme around southern Mongolian identity. This book is banned in the People's Republic of China , but was published in Ulaanbaatar and is available in Mongolia. The book has also been transcribed into Cyrillic in order to reach a wider readership in independent Mongolia. Huuchinhuu's other books, Silent Stone and Journey , were also banned in China.

Confiscation

In the summer of 2007, Huuchinhuu planned to publish her book Elm with Stone Heart in Liaoning Province . However, the Fuxin Autonomous Okrug's State Security Bureau prevented the book from being published.

Huuchinhuu published the book Silent Rock without permission in October 2007, although publication was refused. Huuchinhuu kept copies of her book with her niece and in her staff's homes to prevent the confiscation. After the publication, the police arrested Huuchinhuu's niece and confiscated all copies of her book.

activism

Huunchinhuu was a member of the South Mongolian Democratic Alliance and was active in the 1981 Mongolian student movement. Huunchinhuu advocated Mongolian human rights in China online. Three of the forums it runs were shut down by the Chinese Communist Party after it was accused of discussing separatism and ethnic issues without permission.

oppression

Huuchinhuu was detained several times during her career. During those arrests , the Ministry of Public Security tried to force Huuchinhuu to resign from the South Mongolian Democratic Alliance, but Huuchinhuu refused. In 2007, Huuchinhuu was banned from traveling abroad for five years because it was viewed as a possible threat to China.

House arrest

Hunnchinhuu fought over the Internet for the release of the South Mongolian Democratic Alliance's co-founder, Hada , who had been incarcerated since 1995. Huuchinhuu was placed under house arrest by the government of the People's Republic of China in November 2010 for allegedly gathering Mongolians online for an early celebration of Hada's planned release.

Disappear

Huuchinhuu was forced to disappear on January 27, 2011 after she was released from a hospital in Tongliao , where she was being treated for cancer. The case of Huuchinhuu and Hada became a source of motivation for ethnic Mongolians worldwide to raise awareness of human rights abuses in southern Mongolia. On March 19, 2012, activists in Ulaanbaatar began a global campaign and collected signatures for a petition for the release of Huuchinhuu and Hada.

Court hearing

In November 2012, Huuchinhuu was tried in private and the Tongliao Municipal People's Court pronounced a guilty verdict for disclosing state secrets. Her verdict has been delayed in contravention of Article 111 of the Chinese Criminal Code, which states that disclosing state secrets is a crime with a penalty of five years to life. Huuchinhuu appealed her guilty verdict and was again placed under house arrest. Huuchinhuu has remained under house arrest since January 2015.

criticism

In 2015, Huuchinhuu submitted two statements to the South Mongolian Human Rights Information Center for publication. One of her testimonies revealed that the Tongliao Municipal Public Security Bureau had blocked her bank account and was violating her human rights.

Awards

In 2012, Huuchinhuu received the Hellmann / Hammett Fellowship from Human Rights Watch for promoting free speech .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Southern Mongolian human rights defender, dissident writer, and activist Huuchinhuu died , Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, October 25, 2016, accessed August 24, 2017
  2. ↑ Southern Mongolia: Under Round-the-clock Monitoring, Long-standing Human Rights Activist Dies of Cancer , UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION, October 26, 2016, accessed on August 24, 2017
  3. ↑ a b c d e Mongolian dissident writer wins Hellman / Hammett Grant , artsfreedom.org, January 7, 2013, accessed August 24, 2017
  4. ^ A b Dissident’s Book Confiscated in Southern (Inner) Mongoli a, Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, February 15, 2008, accessed August 24, 2017
  5. ^ A b c Dissident Writer Missing , Radio Free Asia, February 8, 2011, accessed August 24, 2017
  6. ^ A b c Mongolian Dissident Writer Huuchinhuu Gone Missing , Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, February 8, 2011, accessed August 24, 2017
  7. ↑ Southern Mongolian Dissident Detained and put under house arrest , dossiertibet.it 17 November, 2010, accessed on August 24, 2017
  8. ^ Another Mongolian activist missing , Reporters without Borders, February 9, 2011, accessed August 24, 2017
  9. ↑ Michael Wines, More Chinese Dissidents Appear to Disappear , The New York Times, September 2, 2011, accessed August 24, 2017
  10. ^ White Ribbon Campaign to Free Huuchinhuu , Free-Huuchinhuu.com, March 19, 2012, accessed August 24, 2017
  11. ^ Congressional - Executive Commission On China Political Prisoner Database (PPD) , 2010, accessed August 24, 2017
  12. ↑ Statements from Southern Mongolian dissident writer Huuchinhuu Govruud , Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center, January 6, 2015, accessed August 24, 2017
  13. ↑ China: 12 Win Prestigious Free Speech Prize , Human Rights Watch, December 20, 2012, accessed August 24, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Govruud Huuchinhuu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gao Yulian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mongolian dissident and author in the People's Republic of China
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2016