114. CHEN WEI (Released)

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Chen Wei 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/