Arrest and Detention of Jaranbayar Soyolt On January 6, 2008, Jaranbayar Soyolt was arrested in Beijing Airport, China. His wife and friends who were traveling with him, saw Soyolt was in handcuffs and surrounded by 5 Chinese policemen. On January 11, according to his wife, Soyolt was forced by the Chinese authorities to contact his friend by telephone from Beijing to tell him that he is still being held in Beijing for “some issue” with his passport, and asked his friend and others not to reveal anything about his arrest to any foreign news media in order not to “make things worse”. Under this threat, family members and friends of Soyolt have kept quiet and waited for his release until fairly recently. It seems that the government of China has ordered and orchestrated the arrest and detention of Jaranbayar Soyolt. Chinese authorities initially, denied of his arrest. Later on, only on January 31, 2008, under pressure from Mongolian government, eventually admitted that Jaranbayar Soyolt was arrested and put in a jail.
Chinese government provides no explanation about reasons and grounds of arrest and detention of Jaranbayar Soyolt.
Therefore, it was clearly extrajudicial, politically motivated arrest in violation of domestic and international human rights law.
Also due to his activism in human rights, we fear that Jaranbayar Soyolt is being tortured, denied proper care, sanitation, diet and other human needs. We are also gravely worried about his life and welfare of his being. |
| Actions Taken to Free Jaranbayar Soyolt Letter to Mr. Hu Jin Tao, the Prime Minister
Beijing, China
RE: Request for the Release of Mr. Jaranbayarin Soyolt We, “Free Soyolt Alliance” NGO, wrote this letter, with the support of international human rights organizations and individuals who are in Mongolia, Japan, USA and Germany, to request the Chinese government to stop the grave human rights violation of Mr. Jaranbayar Soyolt, a citizen of Mongolia. More
Other Activities
-- On March 25, 2008 members of FSA has organized protest demonstration in front of Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, Japan and sent protest notes to government of China. -- On March 18, 2008, asking to take urgent action to free Jaranbayar Soyolt, members of Free Soyolt Alliance (FSA) sent letter to Hon. Nambar Enkhbayar, the president, Hon. D. Lundaajantsan, the speaker of the Parliament and Hon. Sanjaasuren Bayar, the prime minister of Mongolia. -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia acted promptly to contact the Chinese authorities. It has summoned the Ambassador from China requested formally for the whereabouts of Jaranbayar Soyolt. Since the arrest, Soyolt’s family has been in frequent contact with the foreign affairs office. More |
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