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To the United Nations Human Rights Council:
We are calling on the council for an urgent investigation into the human trafficking, sex enslaving, and a heinous human rights violation case in Xuzhou, China. A woman, who is believed to be Ying Li, was a victim of human trafficking since 12, and has been a sex slave of a man who not only raped her but also had 8 children with her. She is seen in the picture locked up with an industrial chain, covered with a thin layer in winter in a scruffy hut. The horrid fact is, Ying is not the only sex slave in the village. Evidence shows that there are at least several other women in the same if not worse situation.
Around Jan 29, an internet post raised the attention of the public. A man, Zhimin Dong, is showing off his 8 kids and government subsidy he received on TikTok. People noticed that in the background, there''''s a woman chained up in a squalid place, a hut with no isolation in winter. Dong claimed his wife, the woman in the picture, is mentally sick. The incident soon raised internet rage. Is it legal to chain up any individual in captivity? Was she mentally unwell before they were married, in which case the woman can be considered as unconsensual? And most importantly, was she abducted?
Two days later, the local government issued a statement saying that Xia Yang(the woman) was a local villager with mental disease, and that she was married to Dong in 1998. There was no abduction and she is locked up to keep people safe.
Soon, a grassroot volunteer organization discovered that a girl who was abducted on the way to school and claimed missing has undeniably identical features to Yang. The girl Ying was taken in 1996 at the age of 12, and is believed to be a human trafficking victim. Her family is still looking for her. With the look, the year missing, and all other details match, it is widely believed that Xia is indeed Ying.
People who are related to the area or who have obtained information about the village stepped out with more information. The girl was "bought" by Dong''''s family from the traffickers, and used by the father and 2 sons sexually, one of which is Dong. Some local officials participated in raping as well. Xia was obstinate and never fawned at the rapists. She fought back with teeth and kicks. In order to make her more "obedient", Dong knocked off her teeth. One person also said that Xia was drugged to lose her voice.
The local government then issued another statement, saying they have compared with the DNA pool and Xia is not a registered missing person.
By then, Ying''''s mother has requested a DNA comparison with Xia, which is never granted. Xia is kept in a place no outsiders can approach to get a sample.
More truth swarmed in, stupefying the already gasping public. Villages around Xuzhou have a history of being one of the destinations of human trafficking. In the 80s, during the year 1986 to 1989, there were 40,000 human trafficking victims bought by the villagers as sex slaves. A rough calculation shows, today there are around 20,000 sex slaves in those villages. Human trafficking in Xuzhou has an industrial complex behind it. Unmarried guys can pay around 3,000 to 6,000 Yuan (around $500 to $1,000) to get a girl. The local government then created a new ID for the girl, and too marriage licenses. The new household then can claim government subsidy. Of course, sex slaves do fight back. They will get beaten up, drugged, or inhumanely tortured as a result. There''''s another woman "living" next to Xia''''s, is crawling on the ground in a more grubby hut. Her knees were knocked to pieces from an attempted run-away. Another one is hung to get beaten every other day. Some of them went insane in the living hell. About half of the rescued sex slaves are diagnosed of having mental illness.
Another question also emerged among all. There''''s a ten-year gap between Xia''''s 1st son and 2nd son. Xia has 7 boys and 1 girl, youngest 1 year old. The chance of getting such probability is thin. People suppose Yang has/had other kids. They could be girls. But no one could get a chance to talk to Xia. The village is sealed.
It is palpable by now that the Xuzhou local government has served as a shield in the human trafficking business. On the provincial level, neither Ying''''s birth place nor Xuzhou''''s governing province has uttered a sound despite the fuming lambasting from the public.
On Feb 7, the central government semi-officially stated that Xia has been identified. She is a woman of 52, from Yunnan Province, who was taken to treat her mental disease 20 years ago and got missing. She has no living relatives.
The public is giving backlash. Apparently, the numbers don''''t add up. There''''s no photographic or witness evidence either.
Till then, Ying''''s mother''''s DNA request is still not granted.
To date, Xia is segregated and confined to a mental institution, no volunteer or social worker allowed to visit. The truth is prevented to be found out by the state apparatus.
According to all the information gleaned so far, Yang is not simply a psychotic woman who is not treated properly. There''''s much more behind it. The whole occurrence is not only a human rights violation case, but a consortium of crimes on multiple levels and with horrendous magnitudes. Yang was abducted, human trafficked, raped, sexually abused and assaulted, used as a reproductive machine, manhandled, and much more.
Let''''s ask a few questions:
- Why isn''''t a DNA comparison approved?
- Why can''''t Ying''''s mother meet Xia to find out what she remembers?
- Why isn''''t the local government answering on what base did they issued the press releases that are contradicting each other?
- How many more women like Yang are there in the same village? Same city? Same province?
- What is being done to help them?
In so, we urgently request that the counsel send out an independent investigation panel to evaluate the situation. With human trafficking as a protected business, women in China as a collective group is facing danger. The state apparatus is failing us.
We feel for Xia. Any human being''''s heart would pain at such hideous crime. She is our daughter, sister, cousin... She was us. Remember, she, a sweet teenage girl much loved and cared for, was on her way to school one day, suddenly blacked out, and woke up in a living hell, with no one there to help. It could happen to anyone if we can''''t find out the truth.
We want the truth. We need the truth.
Appendix
- photo comparison of Xia and Ying
- Photo of Xia chained to the hut
- the next door woman crawling on the mud ground
- Ying''''s uncle''''s letter
- Volunteer organization Proud Girl''''s photo evidence
养貂的小昭 发表于 2022-02-08 22:06
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