#freethefive
This is Xiao La and her girlfriend, Maizi. Xiao La has been taking this photo all over China, photographing them “together” for her birthday. Maizi can’t actually be there because she’s in jail, and has been for a month as of this week. She was arrested for being a women’s rights and LGBT activist.
Her and 4 other women are in prison right now, but a huge global outcry could call attention to their situation and #FreeTheFive.
Add your name now: go.allout.org/en/a/freethefive
UPDATE: 5 Chinese women arrested for being LGBT and women’s rights activists have been RELEASED. But the story’s not over.
Let’s keep up the pressure to #FreeTheFive until all their charges are dropped so they can continue their groundbreaking work in China: go.allout.org/en/a/freethefive
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This is Xiao La and her girlfriend, Maizi. Xiao La has been taking this photo all over China, photographing them “together” for her birthday. Maizi can’t actually be there because she’s in jail, and has been for a month as of this week. She was arrested for being a women’s rights and LGBT activist.
Her and 4 other women are in prison right now, but a huge global outcry could call attention to their situation and #FreeTheFive.
Add your name now: go.allout.org/en/a/freethefive
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“Dressed as Rosie the Riveter, the icon of American women’s empowerment during World War II, Li Tingting’s raised fist in a photograph posted on Facebook on Monday signaled defiance — one year after the authorities detained her and four other Chinese feminists on the eve of International Women’s Day, causing an international uproar. But while the women and their lawyers continue to protest the lack of resolution in the public disorder charges against them, Ms. Li welcomed a victory in a cause that feminists have advocated for more than two decades: China’s first law against domestic violence took effect on March 1.”
For more, see Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “Year After Detentions, Chinese Feminists Mark Setbacks and Progress,”The New York Times (7 Mar 2016)
Image: Li Tingting
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