Detained in a Black Jail for Nearly a Thousand Days: Suzhou Petition Activist Wu Xiaoyan Calls for Help

Suzhou rights activist Wu Xiaoyan has been under long-term stability maintenance and is calling for help from the outside world. (Provided by the interviewee / Dajiyuan composite)

[November 10, 2024] Recently, Wu Xiaoyan, a resident of Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, whose home was forcibly demolished, called for help online, stating that she has been detained in a privately run black jail by the Canglang Subdistrict for over 900 days. She described living in constant fear and depression and reported that even after calling 110 for police assistance, the police did not respond. She thus pleaded with netizens to help by reporting her case or seeking her rescue.

Wu Xiaoyan stated that she has been illegally detained in various locations, including Room 702 of Building 13 in the Dingtai Garden on South Huan East Road in Suzhou's Gusu District, Guilin Garden Hotel, and the privately run black jail set up by the Canglang Subdistrict, for 940 days. Nearly twenty men take shifts around the clock, blocking the door with chairs and forming a human wall. She has been robbed of her belongings and frequently beaten, leaving her body covered in injuries.

Long-Term Stability Maintenance Due to Demolition Rights Defense

In 2010, Wu Xiaoyan's legal property was unlawfully demolished by the Suzhou city government, and her land was illegally seized. Her in-laws died from anger and depression, and she suffered a miscarriage after being assaulted by Canglang Police Station officer Zhou Guoyu. Her job was also unlawfully taken away. Wu Xiaoyan then began to sue the local government to defend her rights, which led to her long-term subjection to stability maintenance by local authorities.

Since September 2022, she has been intensively monitored and detained in the black jail set up by the Canglang Subdistrict.

Wu Xiaoyan told the Epoch Times reporter, "I am now living in fear, anxiety, and depression, calling 110 daily to report the criminal acts of those detaining me, but no officers respond to stop them. Even Suzhou's 110 frequently refuses to answer my emergency calls. The police stations in the involved jurisdictions (Canglang and Wumenqiao) refuse to respond, claiming the people at the door are community staff. However, community staff have no law enforcement authority, let alone administrative power to restrict personal freedom."

"I cannot go outside, live normally, or work; I have no personal freedom. I can only ask everyone to help me by calling for help online, contacting the Suzhou police and supervision, or reaching out to any public security or prosecutorial and disciplinary inspection bodies with investigative authority to rescue me," she said.

The Epoch Times reporter made multiple attempts to contact the Canglang Subdistrict for verification, but the phone calls could not go through.

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