Defending One Person’s Freedom is to Defend the Freedom for All: To all Signers of the “Support Chen Pingfu and Oppose Criminalization of Speech” Campaign

The authors state that the campaign, which began in early September, has garnered 1,059 signatures, and that the campaign continues a 63-year battle waged by the people of China for freedom of expression. Chen is a laid-off teacher in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. He was tried for “inciting subversion of state power” on September 4, 2012 for articles he posted online that criticized the Chinese government.