123. WANG Lihong
Pen name
Sex Female
Birth date 1955-10-22
Birth place Qingdao City, Shandong Province
Resident place Haidian District, Beijing
Education B.A. in Literature, Yan-an University, Shaanxi Province
Profession Human rights activist, freelance writer, and formal official (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2011-03-21 (detained), 2011-04-21 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Chaoyang District, Beijing
Cause of arrest Support FANG Yanqiong three netizens in Fujian Province
Charge Creating disturbances (arrested for suspicion of gathering to disturb traffic order)
Date of sentence 2011-08-12 (hearing); 2011-09-09 (verdict), 2011-10-20 (appeal)
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Chaoyang District, Beijing Municipal 2nd Intermediate People’s Court
Sentence 9 months imprisonment
Defender Lawyers LIU Xiaoyuan and HAN Yicun
Place of jail Detention Center of Chaoyang District, Beijing
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2011-12-20
Family contact QI Jianxiang (son), Tel: +86-15810309057
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on 2011-12-20 (Therefore the case closed)
References http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/09/chinese-rights-activist-jailed-wang
http://chrdnet.org/2011/03/31/escalating-crackdown-following-call-for-%e2%80%9cjasmine-revolution%e2%80%9d-in-china/
http://twitter.com/wlh832 (Chinese)
http://www.bullogger.com/blogs/wlh/ (Chinese)
http://www.my1510.cn/author.php?wlh832 (Chinese)
http://china.dwnews.com/big5/news/2011-10-20/58233491.html (Chinese)
http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5566 (Chinese)