China: He saw no conscience, no sympathy.  · Global Voices
Bob Chen

At the end of the blog entry, the professor and lawyer Xu Zhiyong （许志永） wrote down the line:
突然忍不住失声痛哭。我打个车，回到家，跪倒地上，再次痛哭，我感谢上帝让我来到这世上承受这一切。然后，我平静地起来，写下这个故事，为我们的子孙后代，我要告诉他们什么是苦难。
Here is the partial translation of Xu's blog about his experience of helping a petitioner who was beaten up in Beijng.
晚上七点多刚打开手机就接到盛其芳老人的电话：“许教授，一直打不通你的电话，山东临沂被打的那个人八点多就被停药了，没钱治病，在同仁医院。”
Xu asked what happened and Sheng
她上访，被临沂驻京办的打成重伤。昏迷，可医院不给治了，怎么办啊。”
‘She came to Beijing to appeal about her grief to the central government, but was beaten up by the officials sent from the town she's from. She fell unconscious but the doctors refused to treat her; how should we do?’
When Xu rushed to the hospital, he found the victim lying on the bed with her sister and mother accompanying. But there was no dropping bottle. Her sister told what had happened:
姐姐说，4月27号她被关押在青年凤凰宾馆，那天下午妹妹也被临沂驻京办从马家楼拉过来，头栽倒在汽车里面地板上。姐姐听说后过去扶起她，问怎么了，她很费力地说被打了，肚子痛，然后就又昏迷了。打了几次120和 110，终于把妹妹送到右安门医院。医生说，没事。求医生给开点止痛药医生也不给开，说回家吧，没事。只好偷偷把妹妹送到同仁医院。拍片子的时候不敢说她是被接访的打的。但是后来向一位医生说了实话，医生就说，没事的，医院没病床了，你们回家吧。幸运地是终于找到了一位有良心的医生，他看了之后很吃惊，着急地说，千万不能让她动，有生命危险，赶紧抬她到床上，不能让她动。后来知道，妹妹被打脾破裂。带的几千块钱很快花完了。今天早上，开了药，但是没钱了，拿不了药，吊针就停了。找马家楼派出所，派出所也只是说在协调，从早上一直到现在都没有用药。
At first she dared not say she was beaten because of petitioning. When they told the truth, they were again informed that no room was available. Finally a doctor with sympathy came up. He was so surprised to see the victim, urging them not to move her or there was life risk. Afterward, they knew she had lienic rupture. A few thousands were quickly spent up for the treatment. This morning the prescription was suspended. Since then she got no more care.
As a professor of law, Xu has been helping petitioners and minorities struggling for their rights. Therefore he has maintained contact with various petitioner groups and that's why he was so quickly informed about the situation. Hearing the victim's story, Xu ran downstair to find the doctor.
来到一楼。急诊医生办公室。我问医生，这个病人需要不需要紧急治疗？医生跟我们来到病房，摸了摸病人的腹部。然后问我，“你是他什么人？”
我只是一个普通公民，我说。
“那我不跟你说。”
“那好，你跟她家人说，她需要什么治疗，需要什么条件。”
“按照开的药治疗。”他说。
“但我们没钱拿药啊。”姐姐哀求。
“走，我们下去拿药。”我平静地说，正好，今天我身上带了银行卡。
划价，这个晚上的药费是850元。似乎这个过程很漫长，终于拿到了单据，一直很坚强的姐姐突然跪到了地上，泪流满面。我扶起她，想我应该早一点来，应该早一点。从来没有像此刻觉得这点钱这么有价值。
他们一家来北京上访，因为2006年妹妹和母亲被人欺负，打伤很重，但对方被判缓刑。妹妹不服一直上访。2007年被临沂驻京办的打成了脑外伤，也曾经被送过精神病院
Xu described the Phoenix Hotel the victim's sister was locked in:
那是一个很黑很黑的黑监狱，我听到的同样的故事太多太多了，我怎能不去黑监狱呢？
在一个特权腐败成为常态的社会里，他们没有任何社会关系，可是他们偏偏认死理，执着上访，他们是这个国家的贱民，他们是我的同胞，我的兄弟姐妹。
In a state where privilege and corruption turned routine, the petitioners had no connections at all but they believe in justice stubbornly. They are the ‘untouchable’ in this country, but they are my countrymen, my brothers and sisters.
走廊里突然传来呼救声，一个妇女被五六个男人拖走了。护士进来说，“待会外面有吵闹不要开门。”也有一个男人挨个进门说：“把门关好。”
我和盛其芳来到走廊里。又有两个妇女一先一后被五六个男人拽着拖向电梯。我问怎么回事，没人说话。那个妇女在电梯关门前喊了一声“中国没有人权！”
姐姐在一旁说，听说他们是东北的，在天安门服毒自杀被送到这里的。一个接访的恶狠狠地问我干嘛的，我说在这里看病人。“没你的事，一边去。”
“绑架！怎么会没我的事？”我说，“应该报警。”
可惜这时我的手机没电了。一个挂着同仁医院胸牌的男人过来说，“我就是同仁医院保卫处的，你少管闲事啊。”
刹那间，我终于爆发了，我听到了一个仿佛穿破时空的惊天动地的怒吼：“丧——尽——天——良——！你们知不知道什么是——丧—尽—天—良！丧—尽—天—良！”
恍惚中，我穿过人群