Sex Male
Birth date 1969-02-21
Birth place Sichuan Province
Resident place Suining City, Sichuan Province
Education Beijing University of Technology (1988-1989)
Profession Freelance writer (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2011-02-21 (detained), 2011-03-28 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Suining City, Sichuan Province
Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing dissident articles
Charge Inciting subversion of the State power
Date of sentence 2011-12-23
Organ of sentence Suining Intermediate People’s Court, Sichuan Province
Sentence 9 years imprisonment and 2 years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyers Zheng Jianwei and Liang Xiaojun
Place of jail Jialing Prison Nanchong City, Sichuan Province
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2020-02-20
Family contact WANG Xiaoyan (wife), Tel: +86-18008255508，+86-825-2237843
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Wei_(dissident)
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/world/asia/china-democracy-advocate-is-given-9-year-sentence.html
http://www.pen.org/printmedia.php/prmMediaID/5642
http://www.hkhkhk.com/engpro/messages/2914.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-16312065
https://www.englishpen.org/campaigns/china-writer-chen-wei-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-prison/