Ti-Anna Wang, appeals to Vice President Biden, whi is now in China, and Presdeint Obama to help seek the release of her father, Wang Bingzhang.
Lisa Peng, daughter of political prisoner Peng Ming, called on Vice President Biden to ask Chinese leaders to release their fathers, and requested an Oval Office meeting with President Obama to share their stories.
Bridgette Chen, daughter of Liu Xianming, addressed the human rights panel.
Grace Geng, daughter of well known human rights activist Gao Zhisheng, said she wished that President Obama and Vice President Biden could mention about her father’s name in public occasions and urge his immediate & unconditional release.
Chairman Chris Smith opens a December 2013 hearing, which for the first time featured a congressional panel of the daughters of political prisoners in China appealing for their fathers' release, including Gao.
Danielle Wang, daughter of Falun Gong practitioner Wang Zhiwen, tells her father's story of unjust imprisonment.
The congressional hearing “Their Daughters Appeal to Beijing: ‘Let Our Fathers Go!’” will be held by Chairman Chris Smith (NJ-04), head of the global human rights subcommittee in the House of Representatives, and co-chairman of the U.S. Commission on China.
Who: Chairman Smith, (NJ-04) co-chair of the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on
China, Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and chair of its subcommittee on global human rights; other members of the subcommittee, and witnesses:
*Lisa Peng, Daughter of Peng Ming *Grace Ge Geng, Daughter of Gao Zhisheng *Ti-Anna Wang, Daughter of Wang Bingzhang *Bridgette Chen, Daughter of Liu Xianming *Danielle Wang, Daughter of Wang Zhiwen *Bob Fu, Founder and President, ChinaAid Association *Chen Guangfu, Brother of Chen Guangcheng and father of Chen Kegui *Devra Marcus, M.D., Physician and Activist
What: “Their Daughters Appeal to Beijing: “Let Our Fathers Go!””
When: Thursday, Dec. 5 at 11 a.m.
Where: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building (first floor).
