Please speak up for the democratic movement fighters who fight with their pens! He Qiu was sentenced to 14 years in prison

請為以筆桿而戰的民主運動戰士請命! 何求被判十年入獄
Qing wei yi bigan er zhan de minzhu yundong zhanshi qingming! He Qiu bei pan shi nian ruyu
Please speak up for the democratic movement fighters who fight with their pens! He Qiu was sentenced to 14 years in prison
1981-1982
Publisher unknown
42x30 cm.
BG C7/606

He Qiu (何求), a ship-building worker from Guangzhou, was in prison from 1973 to 1976 for 'mischievous ideas', joined the Democracy Movement of 1978, became co-editor of several independent journals, was imprisoned again in 1981 and sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Poster published in Hong Kong.

Quote:
"I don't wish to make any defense on my own behalf. If the law is one that embodies truth and justice, then it is not necessary for me to say anything. If the law is still an expression of authoritarian power, all efforts to defend myself would be a waste of time.. I shall have no regrets over all the sacrifices which are being made. The blood being shed is a declaration that a new era has dawned."