Talk:Peter Dahlin

The following (partial?) transcript is based on the videos at https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/asia/swedish-rights-worker-held-in-china-said-to-apologize-for-his-actions.html?_r=0.

From https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/world/asia/swedish-rights-worker-held-in-china-said-to-apologize-for-his-actions.html?_r=0.:

Peter Dahlin: We have been made aware, become aware, that certain people we have supported at one time or another have gone on to do acts in clear violation of the law, and we know that in some cases, such as Su Changlan or Xing Qingxian , that they have been very serious crimes. And we are also aware that that also means that we as an organization become criminally liable for the things they have done. I once supported Wang Quanzhang who has now been arrested and facing trial for causing harm to national security (...) hurt the feelings of the chinese people. I apologize sincerely for this and I'm very sorry for this ever happened.

From Hong Kong Free Press YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whbgVz4xKww :

Peter Dahlin: I have no complaints to make. I think my treatment has been fair. My treatment has taken special circumstances into consideration. Considering for example a unique medical condition. I have been given good food, plenty of sleep and I have suffered no mistreatments of any kind. And I've also been given the opportunity to meet with representatives of my embassy.

I violated chinese law through my activities here and I've caused harm to the chinese government. I've hurt the feelings of the chinese people. I apologize sincerely for this and I'm very sorry for this ever happened

For someone like Wang Quanzhang , when he was working on his specific project, we would pay him 5000 kuai (RMB) per month for a year. When it comes to licensed lawyers taking on difficult cases, a standard fee we could pay them would be would be about 20 000 RMB for a case.

Note that at the videos overlap. I have not been able to determine the chronological order or whether the quote above contain the full interview.

Interview with Peter Dahlin by NY Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha1jVRMHkQk

Transcript of the NY times interview:

"Sometime before 10 there were a loud and persistent knock on my door. I opened the door in my underwear and outside in the alley was a group of people dressed up in official uniforms, telling me they were from state security and here to search my house. I was kept in a specialized new facility for what I assume must be for longer terms, interrogations and investigations. There would be a period of ten, maybe twelve days where there would be ful light on 24 hours a day. Most interrogation sessions would last four to six hours, often in the evening when you were a little bit tired they would start it. I would have two main interrogators. The one that would interrogate me for the first three days - his role was very likely to be that of the 'bad cop'. He would get very angry if I asked questions back in stead of simply giving him a straight answer, which I would do quite often. I know after the fact that my girlfriend was pressured quite heavily to cooperate with them and inform on me, and her refusal to do that meant that they would deprive her of sleep and food for I believe about three days. For the interview they would give me a paper with the questions and the answers written down. And they would give me a few minutes to memorize these answers. When I saw the questions and answers it became even more clear that OK this is part of a PR campaign, this is going to be on CCTV. I'm going to be a star.

Being a foreigner I knew that my treatment would be different than the chinese. So the fact that I refused to give them access to e-mails, passwords to encrypted spaces, is really not related to me being brave, it's just that I knew that they were probably not going to torture me. Had I been chinese, I would not have been so brave I think.

I was in for 23 days, beginning the evening of January 3d. I was deported in the afternoon of the 25th. I daydreamed of this kind of thing happening before, I thought that maybe I would regret it. But once it actually happened there was no regret whatsoever - the way I spend my time in china. Not for a second." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brutulf (talk • contribs) 19:19, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

Other links

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/963793.shtml http://cuawg.wikidot.com/about-us — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brutulf (talk • contribs) 19:54, 22 January 2017 (UTC) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/19/c_135025122.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-01/13/c_135006436.htm https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/13/china-human-rights-crackdown-arrest-peter-dahlin-swedish-activist https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/15/detained-swedish-human-rights-activist-accused-of-making-trouble-in-china

Televised confessions

Might want to add a section on televised confessions in china to the article. Some links: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/televised-confessions-state-tv-china-social-control

Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location

If anyone sees that his detention was 'Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location', please note it in the text. Cossaxx (talk) 04:57, 11 April 2018 (UTC)