Help a girl to complete her university study

大家好，我是张怡然，是一名加州大学戴维斯分校社会学专业的大二学生。在我父亲的支持下，我来到美国留学。我父亲，鲁扬，是一位努力推动中国人权和民主的著名诗人和作家。

2020年5月，他在社交媒体平台上发表了一段视频，要求中国的执政党及其领导人下台，给中国人民民主权利。（https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Bb0FxZXZw) 因此，我父亲被逮捕，被判罪名"煽动颠覆国家政权"。审判初期，我母亲为父亲聘请的律师被政府拒绝接见，而政府另外指定的官派律师拒绝向我们透露父亲被关押和审判的具体情况。2022年7月26日，我母亲接到法院判决结果，被告知我爸爸被判刑6年。这令我们痛心万分。他的案件卷宗里根本没有任何实质性的足以判罪的证据。此外，法院以此案是“秘密案件”为由，拒绝给我妈妈案件的判决书。当前，我爸爸已经提出上诉。

我父亲被抓前，书法生意做得很好。但是他被抓后，书法生意被迫关闭，还使得我们家平白无故欠下很多债务。更糟糕的是，我母亲的所有银行账户也都被冻结，本来办的教学辅导班也被勒令停止。

我父亲接下来还要面对数年的牢狱囚禁，我家里还有年迈的老人需要赡养，经济负担使我母亲感到绝望，不堪重负。现在，由于我的学习费用很高，她无法负担我在加州大学戴维斯分校的学费。中国的公安部门以我出国留学为借口，限制我母亲的行动和言论自由。我和我母亲都知道，我的学习和前途是我们家唯一的希望，所以我不想从大学辍学。因此，我必须在这里筹集资金以维持我未来的学习。

请帮助我，一个勇敢而真诚的中国政治异见人士的孩子，完成我的大学学业。您的帮助将是对我、我的家庭和中国人权的重要支持!

张怡然

Hello everyone, my name is Yiran Zhang, a sophomore majoring in sociology at the University of California, Davis. With the support of my father, I came to the United States to study abroad. My father, Lu Yang, was a famous poet and writer who strived to promote human rights and democracy in China.

In May 2020, he posted a video on social media platforms demanding that China's ruling party and its leaders step down and give the Chinese people democratic rights. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Bb0FxZXZw) My father was arrested and charged with "inciting subversion of state power". At the beginning of the trial, the lawyer hired by my mother was denied access by the government, and another government-appointed lawyer refused to disclose to us the specific circumstances of my father's detention and trial. On July 26, 2022, my mother received the court verdict and was told that my father was sentenced to 6 years in prison. This saddens us greatly. There is simply no substantial incriminating evidence in his case file. In addition, the court refused to give my mother a paper copy of the verdict on the grounds that the case was a "secret case." Currently, my dad has filed an appeal.

Before my father was arrested, his calligraphy business was doing well. But after he was arrested, the calligraphy business was forced to close, and our family owed a lot of debt for no reason. Even worse, all of my mother's bank accounts were frozen, and the tutoring classes she held were demanded to stop.

The financial burden makes my mother feel hopeless and overwhelmed. Now, due to the high cost of my studies, she could hardly afford my tuition at UC Davis. At the same time, she also needs to provide for the elderly. China's public security authorities used my right to study abroad as an excuse to restrict my mother's freedom of movement and speech. My mother and I all know that my studies and future are the only hope for the family, so I don't want to drop out of college. Thus, I have to raise funds here to sustain my future studies.

Please help me, a brave and sincere child of a Chinese political dissident, to finish my university studies. Your help will be an important support for me, my family and human rights in China!

Yiran Zhang