Chinese authorities should immediately release and drop all charges against everyone detained for participating in the “white paper” protests against the government, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also cease harassment of lawyers and friends of protesters and the censorship of protest-related information on social media.
— Read on www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/26/china-free-white-paper-protesters
2022年11月，包括上海、北京、成都和武汉等城市在内的数千人走上街头，抗议政府的严格新冠肺炎措施，并谴责中国共产党的专制统治。示威者拿着空白文件——因此是“白皮书”抗议——并高呼“结束零新冠病毒”、“我们希望人权”和“打倒共产党！”等口号。
人权观察中国高级研究员Yaqiu Wang说：“中国年轻人正在为敢于为自由和人权大声疾呼而付出沉重的代价。”“世界各地的政府和国际机构应该表示支持，并呼吁中国当局立即释放它们。”