Bookseller Gui Minhai was sentenced on 24 February 2020 to 10 years’ imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for five years, on the charge of “illegally providing intelligence to foreign entities”. Since then, he has been denied access to his family and, having obtained Swedish citizenship in 1996, to Swedish consular assistance. There are grave concerns over Gui Minhai’s poor health, and that he is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment. The Chinese government must release Gui Minhai immediately; pending his release, he must be granted access to his family, lawyers of his choice, consular support, and adequate medical care.
