Chinese human rights activist avoids imminent deportation from Germany

Name: 30 years after the Tiananmen Square crackdown, dissidents in China and in exile speak to why the wounds still haven’t been healed
Uploaded: 2021-08-19T14:00:30.000Z
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Description: 30 years after the Tiananmen Square crackdown, dissidents in China and in exile speak to why the wounds still haven’t been healed

Liu Bing claims he will face ‘long-term detention without trial’ for taking part in protests in China

German authorities have granted an appeal against decision to reject his application for political asylum

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Liu Bing was active in dissident groups in China for almost a decade until he fled the country in May 2019. He was set to be deported next week. Photo: Twitter

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Published: 10:00pm, 19 Aug 2021Updated: 11:43pm, 19 Aug 2021

A Chinese human rights activist facing imminent deportation from Germany to China has won a stay, after authorities granted him an appeal against a rejected application for political asylum.

Liu Bing was set to be deported to China next Thursday, where he claimed that he would “definitely face long-term detention without trial” for taking part in political protests before he fled the country.

But lawyers who recently began working on his behalf secured an adjournment in his exit on Wednesday, meaning Liu will be free to leave the detention centre where he is being held in the North Rhine-Westphalia region on Tuesday, while his appeal is heard.

Reached by phone in his single room at the detention centre, where he is equipped with a refrigerator, television and cooker, Liu confirmed he took part in protests in China, including those commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989.

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30 years after the Tiananmen Square crackdown, dissidents in China and in exile speak to why the wounds still haven’t been healed

“If I am sent back to China, I will definitely face long-term detention without trial, because this kind of thing is very common in China. They don’t need the police, and I don’t need any court decision, they can treat a person at will. I will be detained,” he said.