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Underground Association for the Disabled call for procession

A group called the China Disabled Persons Underground Federation openly appealed for a procession on September 2, that on the 6th of September when the Para-Olympics opens, disabled people collectively demonstrate on Tian-An-Men Square to appeal for their rights.
According to a report by Radio Free Asia, a Beijing rights advocate, Ye Guo-Qiang, a Beijing rights advocate with intellectual disabilities believed that collective appeal could help the government to become concerned about people with disabilities. He said: “We people with disabilities are a vulnerable group in society. Currently, disabled people have no protections by law, especially equal work opportunities. What should be proposed based on the state constitution is to bestow our rights and entitlements that we should fully enjoy, but not just in paper or words. We want to work at paid jobs, but there is no such opportunity for us.

Mr. Yue who was disabled in an accident criticized the government for not complying with the law to implement the rights for the disabled, and that the dereliction of duty by officials are unpunished. He said: at least you should act in accordance with the national laws and regulations, and not change them casually and wilfully. I am deprived of my basic rights and my house was dismantled. Based on regulations, disabled people should be taken care of in housing and compensation. Yet, they refused to implement the rule in all sorts of pretexts with no one there to restrain their lawless behaviour. They could do whatever they like. Mr. Yue believed that rights-deprived disabled people should voice themselves. He said: “My way is to supervise the government. If the issue is still pending, then, dissolve it via exposure through media, the lawless practices of the officials.

The above news is brought to you by Chris Thomas for Inside China Today on SOH Radio Network.

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