Ms. Wang Tianna, daughter of the founder of China’s overseas democracy movement, has urged global leaders to help release her father for her wedding ceremony in July.

   Dr. Wang Bingzhang has suffered severe health issues, spending the past 13 years serving a life sentence in China for his political activities overseas. His daughter Wang Tianna has sent letters to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama calling for diplomatic efforts to secure her father’s release.

   At the 10th Interfaith Interethnic Youth Leadership Conference hosted by Initiatives for China in Washington, DC last month, the first proposal from the representatives of Children of Prisoners of Conscience was to call for joint efforts for the release of Dr. Wang Bingzhang, on basis of medical parole, to attend his daughter’s wedding ceremony which is scheduled for July 11 in Canada. All participants have pledged support to this initiative.

   Now nine of the democratic groups from the conference are calling for a global movement to urge release of Dr. Wang Bingzhang, and for a petition campaign in support of Ms. Wang Tianna’s letter to Prime Minister Harper and President Obama. This campaign would also be part of the series of commemorative activities marking the Tiananmen Massacre in Beijing China in 1989.

   Please follow the procedure to sign on the letter as described below:

1. Go to link:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/President_Barack_Obama_Prime_Minister_Stephen_Harper_Urge_China_to_free_prisoner_of_conscience_to_attend_his_daughters_w/?neTFYfb

2. Under "Sign the Petition," enter your email, name, and a supporting message (optional).

3. Press Sign

Co-Sponors:

   Initiatives for China/Citizen Power for China ChinaAid
   International Campaign for Tibet
   Southern Mongolia Human Rights Information Center
   World Uyghur Congress
   Forum for a Democratic China and Asia
   Alliance for a Democratic China
   Federation for a Democratic China
   Alliance for Democracy in China

Contacts：

For English:
Ti-Anna Wang: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +1-514-966-1264

For Chinese:
Bingwu Wang (Brother of Wang Bingzhang): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +1-778-929-9149