Young Activist Fang Yirong Hung a Protest Banner in Hunan; Speaks Out About Ongoing Persecution

On July 30th, a young White Paper Movement protestor, now identified as Fang Yirong, held a protest on a bridge in Xinhua County, Hunan, by displaying a banner on the overpass and playing the following message from a loudspeaker: “We want freedom, we want democracy, we want votes! Strike and remove the dictator Xi Jinping!” The protest closely resembled that of Sitong Bridge protestor Peng Lifa, who hung a banner from an overpass in Beijing.

Now, Fang has bravely come out as the Hunan protestor in the video below, explaining why he chose now to stand up and stage this protest. “The National Security Department has subjected me to brutal and inhumane mind control persecution,” Fang explained. “I am posting this video now to prove that I am no longer afraid of them.”

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Transcript:

大家好，我叫方艺融，是个参与过白纸运动的年轻人。去年夏天，我在Telegram里发表支持民主的言论而被中共国安部盯上。自此，中共国安部开始对我进行惨无人道的脑控迫害。我现在发这个视频是为了证明：我已经不害怕他们了。暴政必然可怕，但权威压不垮人心。习近平再怎么迫害我们也阻止不了民主的思想一次又一次地在中国人的心中生根发芽。长江之水不会倒流，我希望中国人能早日摆脱专制，过上更好的生活。做完这件事后，我可能会被中共官方认定为精神病，也可能会死在监狱里，但是我不会后悔。

Hello everyone, my name is Yirong Fang (方艺融), and I am a young participant in the White Paper Movement. Last summer, I posted comments supporting democracy on Telegram and was targeted by the Chinese Communist Party's National Security Department. Since then, the National Security Department has subjected me to brutal and inhumane mind control persecution. I am posting this video now to prove that I am no longer afraid of them. Tyranny is inevitably terrifying, but authority cannot crush the human spirit. Xi Jinping can continue to persecute us, but he cannot stop the ideas of democracy from taking root and sprouting in the hearts of the Chinese people again and again. The waters of the Yangtze River will not flow backwards. I hope the Chinese people can soon be free from tyranny and lead better lives. After doing this, I might be officially declared mentally ill by the Chinese Communist Party. I might also die in prison, but I will not regret it.

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