Tag Archives: Yu Shiwen

193. YU SHIWEN (released)

Yu ShiwenPenname                      

Sex                                Male

Birth date                1967-10

Birth place               Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

Resident place         Zhengzhou City, Henan Province Continue reading

Tiananmen Protest Veteran on Hunger Strike in Zhengzhou Detention Center

Yu Shiwen with his wife Chen Wei

Yu Shiwen is shown with his wife Chen Wei in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Chen Wei

A Chinese rights activist detained during an event marking the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre two years ago has begun refusing food in protest against his prolonged pretrial detention, sparking fears for his health, his wife and lawyer said. Continue reading

VOA Interview Cited in Case Against Chinese Dissident

201504240924china1Hai Yan

April 23, 2015 3:32 PM

HONG KONG—A Chinese defense lawyer says he has learned that an interview with Voice of America’s Mandarin service is being cited in an indictment against his client, Yu Shiwen, Continue reading

Prominent 1989ers Voice Support for Yu Shiwen, Detained for Commemorating the Tiananmen Movement

By China Change, published: January 12, 2015

Shortly before June 4th, 2014, ten in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, were arrested for holding a public memorial for Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳). Seven of them have since been released, Continue reading

The Zhengzhou Twelve

By China Change, published: June 26, 2014

 

Apart from Beijing and Guangzhou, the other Chinese city where large-scale arrests of citizen activists and rights lawyers have taken place is Zhengzhou (郑州), midway on the Beijing-Guangzhou transportation artery and the capital of Henan province (河南省). Continue reading

China lawyers demand access to activists detained ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

By AP News Jun 08, 2014 1:35PM UTC

China Tiananmen Anniversary Continue reading