121. AI Weiwei
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1957-08-28
Birth place Beijing
Resident place Chaoyang District, Beijing
Education Department of Art, Beijing Film Academy, Beijing (1978-1981),
Parsons School of Design, New York (1983-1984)
Profession Artist, freelance writer
Date of arrest 2011-04-03 (residential surveillance)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Beijing City
Cause of arrest Criticizing the Chinese authorities on many sensitive issues
Charge Suspicion of economic crimes
Date of sentence no
Organ of sentence no
Sentence no
Defender no
Place of jail Detention Center of Chaoyang District, Beijing
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2011-06-22 (on bail)
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main Case
Released on bail since 2011-06-22 pending trial for one year
References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4298689.stm
http://beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/chinas-olympic-crossroads-birds-nest- designer-ai-weiwei-on-beijings-pretend-smile/
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%89%BE%E6%9C%AA%E6%9C%AA (Chinese)
http://www.aiweiweiblog.com/ (Chinese)
http://twitter.com/aiww (Chinese)