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