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Statement Regarding Anonymous Online Smear Campaign Against Chen Yuan

September 20, 2019

In her statement, Shi Minglei, the wife of Cheng Yuan, the public interest advocate facing charges of “subversion of state power,” cites serious factual inaccuracies in the article, "The Cheng Yuan I know" (谈谈我认识的程渊). She states that the article maliciously links, without evidence, the arrest of Cheng Yuan with the anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong by grafting together unrelated events and by insinuation. It also falsely portrays Changsha Funeng as the representative agency in China of foreign NGOs including the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), seriously damaging Cheng Yuan’s reputation.

In this statement, Shi points out that all the anonymous posts cited in “The Chen Yuan I Know” were published on many overseas websites all at the same time, leading her to believe that this is an unscrupulous online smear campaign operated by the same entity behind-the-scenes. She believes that the purpose of this article is clear:  to conduct a trial of Cheng Yuan and other parties—the “Changsha Three” in the court of public opinion through online smear campaigns aimed at turning public sentiment against the Changsha Three. Shi Minglei urges the disseminated of this article, who claimed to be Cheng Yuan's friend, to delete all the posts, stop his acts of rights violation, and apologize to Cheng Yuan.

Cheng Yuan is one of the founders of Changsha Funeng Public Interest Group. He was criminally detained by the State Security Bureau of Changsha City on July 22, 2019 on "on suspicion of subversion of state power." He has not been allowed to meet with a lawyer.

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关于匿名网友抹黑程渊一事的声明

近日,本人收到网友转发一篇名为《谈谈我认识的程渊》的文章,此文以不同ID和作者在同一时间段在众多境外网站发表,其中有明境网(作者刘月熹)、加西网(发帖者王也)、九派神州(发帖者小小妮)、开元论坛(发帖者中开线上)、菲龙网(发帖者菲龙中人)、多维博客、新加城论坛等。

针对此文,作为程渊的家人,在程渊被禁止会见律师无法回应网文,为保护程渊的合法权益,避免程渊被网路审判,本人声明如下:

《谈谈我认识的程渊》一文严重不实,此文未署名但以程渊法律人朋友身份写就,貌似客观理性,但文中先扬后抑,无视长沙富能机构在公益事业中的贡献,试图利用美国基金对程渊和长沙富能机构进行阴谋化的抹黑。网文在没有任何证据的情况下恶意将程渊被捕和香港反送中事件进行联系、嫁接和影射,引诱读者对程渊做出与反送中有关的联系和猜想,严重侵害了程渊的名誉权。此文所有网帖均匿名并在同一时间段于不同网站发表,有理由相信这是同一黑手背后操纵的令人不齿的网路抹黑行为,此文的目的很明显是试图利用舆论对程渊和其他当事人进行未审先判的网路抹黑和审判,

本人认为所有线民应当基于事实和法律发表意见,所有的线民都应当秉持良知和善良对待他人,不应当捕风捉影对他人提出网路暴力指控,特别是在程渊人身自由受限、不允许会见律师、无法回应网文的情况下更应当慎重利用网路宣染指控。本人在此敦促这位自称为程渊先生友人的发帖者自行删除所有网帖,停止侵权行为,并对程渊道歉。

另外,由于墙越来越高,本人经常无法顺利翻过防火墙与跟帖联系发帖者和发文网站,为保护程渊的合法权益,避免侵权行为继续,恳请网友转发通知相关网站和发帖者。

特此声明!
 

程渊妻子:施明磊
2019年9月20日

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