Fiona's statement said:
"I am very sorry that I am unable to be with you in person to mark the second anniversary of the disappearance of Gui Minhai, but I wanted to send a message of support to you all and especially to Gui Minhai’s daughter Angela.
Gui Minhai, a publisher and bookseller, was abducted by Chinese security agents in Thailand two years ago and has been held almost completely incommunicado in an unknown location in mainland China for the past two years. He has not been charged with any crime, he has not been put on trial, he has been denied legal counsel and, despite being a Swedish national, he has been denied Swedish consular access. These are very grave violations of human rights and the rule of law. To abduct a Swedish national, who lives in Hong Kong, on Thai soil – in other words, abducting a foreigner, from a third country, who resides not in mainland China but in the supposedly autonomous region of Hong Kong – is an act that should shock the conscience of the world.
I have the privilege of chairing the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. Last year our Commission held an inquiry on human rights in China, and we detailed the abduction of Gui Minhai, and his four colleagues, in our report, ‘The Darkest Moment: The Crackdown on Human Rights in China 2013-2016’. We were delighted and honoured that Angela came to speak at the launch of our report, in the House of Commons.
On this second anniversary I want to express my very deepest sadness, sympathy and solidarity to Angela and to all of Gui Minhai’s family and friends, to offer my prayers and support, and to promise that I will continue to raise his case at every possible opportunity. The world must speak up for Gui Minhai and demand answers from China regarding his whereabouts and wellbeing, and we must all work to seek his immediate release and return to freedom."
Ben Roger's article about the event can be read here:
https://unherd.com/2017/10/question-china-gui-minhai-question-us-protests-disappearance/