482 News and Views The fight is not over yet.Feminists within and outside China insist that the police drop all charges against the Feminist Five and stop treat- ing them as"suspects,"restricting their physical mobility and job oppor- tunities and depriving them of their freedom and rights as citizens.The fight for their total freedom continues. We have all noticed the United Nation's awkward silence in the global uproar against the detention.Now global activists are shifting their gaze to the United Nations to see if it can do anything to set the Feminist Five totally free.So long as NGo activism for advocating and implementing gender equality laws is defined as criminal,Chinese fem- inists as well as activists working for social justice in other realms will continue to feel threatened.We need feminist communities to raise their voices at this time to make both the United Nations and the Chi- nese government understand:the test for whether China is qualified to host the September 2015 Global Summit for Women is whether the Fem- inist Five are completely freed or not. This content downloaded from 130.15.241.167 on Tue,05 Jan 2016 21:49:13 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions482 News and Views The fight is not over yet. Feminists within and outside China insist that the police drop all charges against the Feminist Five and stop treat￾ing them as “suspects,” restricting their physical mobility and job oppor￾tunities and depriving them of their freedom and rights as citizens. The fight for their total freedom continues. We have all noticed the United Nation’s awkward silence in the global uproar against the detention. Now global activists are shifting their gaze to the United Nations to see if it can do anything to set the Feminist Five totally free. So long as NGO activism for advocating and implementing gender equality laws is defined as criminal, Chinese fem￾inists as well as activists working for social justice in other realms will continue to feel threatened. We need feminist communities to raise their voices at this time to make both the United Nations and the Chi￾nese government understand: the test for whether China is qualified to host the September 2015 Global Summit for Women is whether the Fem￾inist Five are completely freed or not. This content downloaded from 130.15.241.167 on Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:49:13 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions