Wang Quanxiu, elder sister of lawyer Wang Quanzhang, explains in the below account that Wang has been imprisoned for a full 11 months, on suspicion of “subversion of state power,” and that their mother spent her 70th birthday silently suffering and extremely worried about her son. Today, Wang Quanxiu’s sister-in-law, Li Wenzu, other family members of the victims of the “709 crackdown,” and their defense lawyers were taken away by officers from Guijiasi police substation. Wang Quanxiu couldn’t help but ask: is this what “ruling a country in accordance with the law” looks like? She further asks, “Totalitarian thugs, who’s telling you to be so audacious! To trample on the sanctity of the law this way!”

到底怎麼了？！——驚聞709家屬和律師們被警察控制！

上週四是母親七十歲生日。在我的家鄉，老人七十歲生日，兒女們是一定要去祝壽的，無論飯局大小。老人享受的是兒孫聚在一起，簡單地吃頓飯，說說家常，嘮嘮里短。而今，我的弟弟王全璋律師被“顛覆國家政權”，關押整整十一個月了，不用說陪母親過生日，我們連個電話也不能打，聽聽聲音也成為無法滿足的奢望。母親懷著對兒子無比的牽掛和苦痛，默默地度過了她的七十大壽，這對一個本應當享受天倫之樂的母親來說是何等的殘忍！

今天，驚聞弟妹李文足和其他709家屬、辯護律師被天津市河西區掛甲寺派出所警察帶走，至今沒有恢復自由，原因為何？幾個弱女子去尋找丈夫，何罪之有？她們還有三到六歲的孩子們在家等媽媽。十一個月不能見爸爸，難道連見媽媽的權利也要被剝奪？沒有任何法律手續就把人抓走，想抓誰就抓誰！到底還講不講法？！法治國家的依法治國就是這樣子嗎？極權流氓們，你們受了誰的指使，如此膽大妄為！如此踐踏法律的尊嚴！

誰能告訴我，這到底怎麼了？！我們還有沒有活路？！

709被捕律師王全璋姐姐王全秀
2016年6月6日