Prolific Twitterer and Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao continues to follow the story of three men who staged a hunger strike to protest their death sentences in a murder case. According to Teng, the situation is "growing desperate!" LRF has translated his latest tweets and posted them below.  To see Teng's earlier tweets about the case, as translated by LRF, click here.

#lpya Tweets from Teng Biao in Chronological Order (Oldest to Newest) Part II

江西乐平无辜公民被以故意杀人罪判死缓，多年申诉无果，方春平、黄志强和陈发根自2月23日早在景德镇监狱3绝食，现已100小时。采访电话：13155771226；13241918519；13910576638 #lpya #deathpenalty
Leping, Jiangxi Province-Innocent citizens were wrongfully sentenced to deferred death sentence for intentional homicide, Fang Chunping, Huang Zhijiang, and Cheng Fagen have been on a hunger strike since February 23rd, totaling 3 days! Interview phone numbers: 13155771226；13241918519；13910576638 #lpya #deathpenalty

死刑冤案： 3名公民正在景德镇监狱绝食 #lpya #sixing http://tengbiao.blog.sohu.com/144911410.html
Wrongful Death Sentence: 3 citizens in Jingdezhen prison are on a hunger strike #lpya #sixinghttp://tengbiao.blog.sohu.com/144911410.html

江西乐平无辜公民被以故意杀人罪判死缓，方春平、黄志强和程发根自2月23日早在景德镇监狱绝食，现已4天，生命危急！！！家长13155771226；监狱07982662967；13979865126 律师13241918519 #lpya
Leping, Jiangxi Province-Innocent citizens were wrongfully sentenced to deferred death sentence for intentional homicide, Fang Chunping, Huang Zhijiang, and Cheng Fagen have been on a hunger strike since February 23rd, totaling 4 days and the situation is growing desperate! Lawyer  13241918519 Prosecutor’s office 0791-8312947 Family  13155771226 Prison 07982662967#lpya

Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao has been closely following the case of three men in China who, Teng tweets, have been wrongly accussed of murder and sentenced to death. While the men started a hunger strike to protest their sentence, Teng took to Twitter to let the world know about their plight. 

Teng asked for help this morning translating his tweets into English and LRF wanted to help out.  See his tweets and our translation below:

#lpya Tweets from Teng Biao in Chronological Order (Oldest to Newest)

1. 景德镇监狱3名公民绝食仍在继续。江西乐平4名无辜公民被以故意杀人罪判死缓，多年申诉无果，方春平、黄志强和陈发根三人自23日早晨起开始绝食。要求还其清白。滕彪、许志永、李和平、张赞宁等多名学者律师长期关注此案。 #lpya

In Jingdezhen prison, 3 innocent men started a hunger strike yesterday morning to protest the death sentences they received from a murder case they have been appealing for years with no success. The case of Fang Chunping, Huang Zhijiang and Chen Fagen has been closely followed by Teng Biao, Xu Zhiyong, Li Heping, Zhang Zanning and other legal scholars for a long time.

2. 从1999年9月9日和2000年5月24日，江西乐平市连续发生了两次杀人、抢劫、强奸大案，乐平市公安局无法找到真凶，为了破案，对方春平等四人采取了残酷的刑讯逼供，生不如死，不得已违心承认。但被打出来的口供与其他物证之间没有任何关联。 #lpya

From September 9, 1999 to May 24, 2000, there were two consecutive incidences of rape, homicide and robbery in Leping city, Jiangxi Province.  When the Leping Public Security Bureau was unable to find a legitimate suspect, they decided to detain Fang Chunping and 3 others, all of whom are unrelated to the case, and cruelly tortured them for days to withdraw a false confession.

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