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我們要求中國政府立即釋放北京維權人士胡佳，我們對於北京國保人員以非法手段拘留和抓捕胡佳表示深切關注，並對政府最終把他以言入罪表示失望。

中國將於今年(2008年）夏季舉行奧運會，中國需要確保國內的法治與國民的人權受到保障，這是非常重要，這是中國在2001年申辦奧運時的承諾。

我們相信，釋放如胡佳和曾金燕這些透過完全符合中國憲法、中國法律與法規的途徑推動維護公共權益的維權人士，能有助國際社會明白中國是真正有心改善法治與人權。

此致

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We, the undersigned, call on the Chinese government to immediately release Beijing activist Hu Jia. We are deeply concerned that his detention was conducted in an illegal way by the national security officers in Beijing. We are also very disappointed that Hu Jia was at last imprisoned for expressing his views on human rights and politics.

China is going to host the Beijing Olympics in summer this year (2008). It is important for the Chinese government to ensure the development of rule of law in China which was a pledge made by the Chinese government when it applied to host the international sports event in 2001.

We strongly believe that it can help make the international community understand that the Chinese government is genuinely concerned about the rule of law and human rights if it releases human rights activists like Hu Jia and Zeng Jinyan who have merely been exercising their rights to carry out their human rights advocacy work in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, other laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China.

Thank you very much for your attention.

Yours sincerely,