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Beijing police detained Jin, a freelance writer, Lü Jiaping, a military scholar, and Lü’s wife, Yu Junyi, on allegations of inciting subversion in 13 online articles they wrote and distributed together, according to international news reports and human rights groups. A Beijing court sentenced Lü to 10 years in prison and Jin to eight years…
Chinese writer Li Tie is serving a sentence of 10 years in prison for allegedly having “anti-government thoughts.” Wuhan police arrested Li, who wrote articles calling for democracy and political reform in China, in 2010. Police in Wuhan, Hubei province, detained Li, a freelancer then 52 years old, on September 15, 2010, according to international…
Chinese writer Chen Wei is serving a sentence of nine years in prison on charges of “subverting state power.” Suining police arrested Chen, who wrote articles promoting democracy in China, on February 20, 2011. Police in Suining, Sichuan province, detained Chen alongside dozens of lawyers, writers, and activists who were jailed nationwide after anonymous online…
Police arrested Jigme, a Tibetan author and monk, at the Rebgong Gartse monastery in the Malho prefecture of Qinghai province, according to news reports. His family was unaware of his whereabouts until a Qinghai court sentenced him to five years in prison on May 14, 2013. The charges have not been disclosed officially, but the…
Hong Kong publisher Yao Wentian is serving a prison sentence of 9 years, 4 months on smuggling charges. Shenzhen police arrested Yao, publisher of the Morning Bell Press, in October 2013. Yao’s son, Edmond Yao, said his father had been preparing to publish a book titled “Chinese Godfather Xi Jinping” by the exiled U.S.-based Chinese…
Chinese columnist Dong Rubin is serving a sentence of six years and six months in prison on charges of operating an illegal business and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Kunming police arrested Dong on September 10, 2013. Dong was detained in Kunming, Yunnan province, on accusations of misstating his company’s registered assets, according to statements…
Chinese writer and reporter Lü Gengsong is serving an 11-year prison sentence on charges of “subverting state power.” Hangzhou police arrested Lü, who frequently reported on the sentencing of rights activists, in July 2014. Lü, a freelance writer and member of the Democracy Party of China, was detained on July 7, 2014, and his…
Wang, publisher of two Chinese-language magazines in Hong Kong—New-Way Monthly and Multiple Face—and Guo Zhongxiao, a reporter for the magazines, were detained by police in the southern city of Shenzhen on May 30, 2014, and accused of operating an illegal publication and suspicion of illegal business operations. Liu Haitao, an editorial assistant at the magazines, was detained…
Wang, a volunteer journalist for the independent human rights news website 64 Tianwang, was arrested on December 10, 2014, while photographing protesters near the Beijing headquarters of the state-run broadcasting agency China Central Television, according to news reports that cited Huang Qi, founder and editor of the website. In April 2016, Wang was sentenced to four years and…
Ya’an police arrested Wang Shurong, a volunteer reporter for the human rights news website 64 Tianwang, in February 2016. She is serving a sentence of six years on accusations of “undermining public security” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Police detained Wang on February 8, 2016, according to the Hong Kong-based group Chinese Human Rights Defenders…