This appeal (CH), by Zhang Shanguang (张善光) of the Hunan Citizens online forum, to the Shaoyang government to provide redress and social benefits to Li Wangyang (李旺阳), who was imprisoned for 21 years for political reasons. The appeal gives the account of Li Wangyang, a worker-leader in the 1989 Democracy Movement, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for “counterrevolutionary propaganda,”and to another 10 years in 2001 on the for “subversion of state power.” Li was released earlier this year from his second imprisonment. He presently does not have a place to live, nor proper medical insurance and pension.
