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Angela Gui, Elisabeth Åsbrink. (TT)

”Ordnar du så Gui Minhai får åka hem, Löfven?”

I över 600 dagar har den svenske förläggaren Gui Minhai suttit fängslad utan rättegång i Kina, men vad gör Sverige för honom? Den frågan ställer sig hans dotter Angela Gui och Svenska Pens ordförande Elisabeth Åsbrink i DN Kultur. De noterar att Sveriges andre samvetsfånge i Kina, människorättsaktivisten Peter Dahlin, blev fri efter bara tre veckor.

När Stefan Löfven åker till Kina i morgon uppmanar debattörerna statsministern att samarbeta för att få Gui Minhai fri, eller åtminstone säkerställa att han får ett juridiskt ombud, konsulär hjälp och möjlighet att träffa sin familj. ”Det självklara vore att Gui Minhai kunde följa med statsministern hem den 28 juni. Ordnar du det, Stefan Löfven?”

Debattörerna

Angela Gui, dotter till Gui Minhai

Elisabeth Åsbrink, ordförande i Svenska Pen

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Gui Minhai
Wikipedia (en)
Gui Minhai (Chinese:桂敏海 or 桂民海), also known as Michael Gui, (born 5 May 1964) is a Chinese-born Swedish scholar and book publisher. He is a prolific author of books about Chinese politics and political figures; Gui authored around 200 books during his ten-year career under the pen-name Ah Hai (阿海). and is one of three shareholders of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong. Gui went missing in Thailand in late 2015, one of five men who vanished in a string of incidents known as the Causeway Bay Books disappearances. The case ignited fears locally and in Britain over the collapse of "one country, two systems", over the possibility that people could be subject to rendition from Hong Kong and from other countries by Chinese law enforcement. The Chinese government was silent about holding him in custody for three months, at which point a controversial video confession was broadcast on mainland media. In it, Gui said that he had returned to mainland China and surrendered to the authorities of his own volition. He appeared to indicate that he was prepared to follow the course of justice in China, while waiving protection as a Swedish citizen. Many observers expressed doubts about the sincerity and credibility of Gui's confession. The Washington Post described the narrative as "messy and incoherent, blending possible fact with what seems like outright fiction". Chinese state media said in late February 2016 that Gui was being held for "illegal business operations". He is alleged to have knowingly distributed books not approved by China's press and publication authority since October 2014. Gui remains in detention in China a year after his disappearance.
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