205. YANG WEIDONG (released)

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Yang WeidongSex                               Male

Birth date               1966-04-10

Birth place             Beijing

Resident place       Fengtai District, Beijing

Education                  University

Profession                 Artist, independent filmmaker  (ICPC honorary member)

Date of arrest          2015-7-18 (detained), 2015-08-24 (arrested)

Organ of arrest      Dongcheng Branch of Public Security Bureau of Beijing City

Cause of arrest         Online posting a photo of his naked performance act outside a government building to protest against authorities’ ban on his 78-year-old mother Xie Yinxian from visiting Hong Kong.

Charge                          Suspicion of creating troubles

Date of sentence     no

Organ of sentence  no

Sentence                     no

Defender                      unknown

Place of jail                 Detention Center of Dongcheng District, Beijing

Situation in jail        OK

Date of release        2015-11-06 (on bail)

Family contact        DU Xing (wife)

Donation to

Case adopted by        ICPC

Current Status           Released on 2015-11-06 on bail pending trial for a year.

 Reference 
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1294198/dissident-yang-weidongs-interviews-give-voice-silent-history
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1842646/naked-protester-detained-chinese-police-wanted-mum
(others in Chinese)
http://xgmyd.com/archives/20055
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2015/07/201507161503.shtml
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%A8%E4%BC%9F%E4%B8%9C
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2012-04-18/58709408.html
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/zuopinyuzuozhe/mind-10202014163748.html
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/zuopinyuzuozhe/mind694b-11042014104041.html
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/zhuanlan/xinlingzhilyu/zuopinyuzuozhe/mind-11182014154831.html
http://www.voachinese.com/content/pro-democracy-book-20141028/2498822.html
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/hk-07222011095203.html
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-07202015101924.html