Chinese Villagers Plead for Iowa Governor’s Help

When foreign dignitaries tour China, the Chinese police “clean up” areas they will visit with arrests and suppression. In late May and early June Iowa’s Gov. Terry Branstad visited China, and one village is now appealing to him for help. They are still suffering from the efforts made by the Chinese police in connection with his tour.
Chinese Villagers Plead for Iowa Governor’s Help
Over 700 villagers called on local authorities to release Li Lankui, an act of open defiance of the regime's policy on Falun Gong. Minghui.org
Matthew Robertson
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2012-7-19-cmh-lilankui-family-2.jpg"><img class="wp-image-283547" title="2012-7-19-cmh-lilankui-family-2" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/2012-7-19-cmh-lilankui-family-2.jpg" alt="Li Lankui (R) stands with his son before his arrest" width="354" height="265"/></a>
Li Lankui (R) stands with his son before his arrest

Matthew Robertson
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Matthew Robertson is the former China news editor for The Epoch Times. He was previously a reporter for the newspaper in Washington, D.C. In 2013 he was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award for coverage of the Chinese regime's forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience.
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