If you have any questions, email us! We want you to feel comfortable with our efforts. We are now trying to mitigate just the contagion versus the mortality.Īll tickets will be transferred to new dates. However, we do not want to put anyone in the position of contracting COVID at a large group event and then suffering an unknown health experience. Health officials are indicating the data is showing the variant is not putting vaccinated people in hospital unless they have significant underlying conditions. This Omnicron variant is much more communicable so many group events thru April are pushing their dates back to summer and beyond. Delays of 2 and 3 days from planned travel is an untenable situation for people with airline tickets to attend. Second - I am sure everyone is aware of flight disruptions (25,000 cancelled flights in last 2 weeks) due to staffing with COVID+ cases. We are targeting the fall of 2022 and should announce in a month or so.įirst - Mask requirements & mandates, even if vaccinated, and the reduction of number of people allowed to gather indoors is not conducive to a meet & greet where people want to take pictures! When we booked April, vaccinated did not have to wear masks at indoor events. Steven Butler, CPJ's Asia program coordinator, said: "China - the world's number one jailer of journalists - must make clear whether her detention has anything to do with her media work.The date for WOAHX has to move again. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a statement that Chinese authorities should disclose their reasons for holding Ms Cheng or release her. In July, the Government warned there was a risk of arbitrary detention of Australian citizens in China, but China dismissed that as disinformation.ĭr Feng said Australia needed to apply more pressure on China over these kinds of cases and could do so by "pushing for legal transparency and protection of basic human rights". Tensions between Australia and China have been high this year, after Australia in April called for an international investigation into the source of the coronavirus pandemic.īeijing has said it was angered by the move, and has since blocked some Australian beef imports, placed tariffs on Australian barley and launched an anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine. The Australian Government says citizens risk arbitrary detention in China. "Foreign citizens who commit crimes are treated the same as Chinese citizens." "However, if it involves crimes endangering national security, such as espionage, it must be approved by the authorities," Mr Ding said. "The lawyer can visit with mobile phone."Įven though Ms Cheng has not been charged, her treatment seems more in line with accusations around spying or meddling in national affairs. Miguel Malvar y Carpio (Septem October 13, 1911) was a Filipino general who served during the Philippine Revolution and, subsequently, during the PhilippineAmerican War. "If it is a common crime, such as murder and robbery, the meeting does not need the approval of any authority," he said. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Malvar and the second or maternal family name is Carpio. He told the ABC there were restrictions around meeting a lawyer, depending on what charges have been laid. Xikui Ding is a high-profile human rights lawyer based in Beijing. Listen to Bill Birtles' report on Cheng Lei's detainment. "In previous trials, the staff of the consulate or embassy can attend the trial, but the premise is that the case does not involve Chinese state secrets." "The only difference in treating foreign citizens is that Chinese public security organs usually inform the consulate or embassy of the country where the citizens are located, so they participate. "After 24 hours, if there is no new evidence, they must release them," he said. "She worked for the state media, and I haven't seen that she's made any inappropriate remarks … that means she can't be counted as a dissident," he said.Ĭhinese-Australian lawyer Hanbing Shen, who is based in Sydney, said usually police can only detain people for 24 hours. "Given the information I gathered, I couldn't make a clear judgment of what happened to her, but my guess is, endangering national security could be a broad reason." He said the detention that he faced was a form of "border control", which was different from what Ms Cheng was experiencing.ĭr Feng said Ms Cheng's situation was similar to that of Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was also placed under residential surveillance. He is familiar with the process, having been detained by authorities in China for a week in 2017. "The victim is usually held in solitary confinement, sealed off from the outside world for up to six months and subjected to continuous interrogations, sleep deprivation and other forms of torture."įrom here, Dr Feng expects Ms Cheng will be formally detained, arrested and imprisoned. Dr Feng Chongyi expects Ms Cheng to be formally arrested and imprisoned.
0 kommentar(er)
