145. LIU BENQI (released)

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Liu BenqiPen name               

Sex                                Male

Birth date                 1969-10-02

Birth place               Hong’an County, Hubei Province

Resident place         Geermu City, Qinghai Province

Education                Graduated from Chongqing Communication College

Profession               Former PLA soldier, and freelance writer (ICPC honorary member)

Date of arrest          2012-07-18 (detained), 2012-08-24 (arrested)

Organ of arrest       Public Security Bureau of Geermu City, Qinghai Province

Cause of arrest       Internet writing and publishing dissident articles of criticizing the authorities, called for demonstration during 18th Congress of CCP

Charge                        Inciting subversion of state power

Date of sentence     2013-06-05 (hearing), 2014-01-23 (verdict)

Organ of sentence   Intermediate People’s Court of Haixi Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai     Province

Sentence                  3 years imprisonment

Defender                 himself

Place of jail             Detention Center of Geermu City, Qinghai Province; Prison of Xining City, Qinghai Province ?

Situation in jail        Unknown

Date of release        2015-07-17

Family contact        LIU Ying(wife), Tel:+86-0979-7250598

Donation to

Case adopted by     ICPC

Current Status         Main case

Reference
http://www2.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/countdown-china/china-human-rights-briefing-july-13-19-2012
http://www.chinesepen.org/english/News/NewsinICPC/201306/english_38426.html
/www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql1-02102014104659.html  (Chinese)