Penname
Sex Female
Birth date 1974-05-01
Birth place Beijing
Resident place Songzhuang , Tongzhou District, Beijing
Education University graduate
Profession Arts reporter and assistant for the Beijing station of German weekly Die Zeit (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2014-10-02 (detained), 2014-11-06 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Tongzhou Branch of Beijing Public Security Bureau
Cause of arrest After helping Die Zeit in its coverage of the protests in Hong Kong, she is to attend a poetry reading of the artists gathering in Songzhuang to support the protests
Charge Suspicion of creating disturbances
Date of sentence not yet
Organ of sentence no
Sentence no
Defender Lawyers ZHOU Shifeng and LI Guoqing, tel:+86-13331195301
Place of jail Tongzhou Detention Center, Beijing
Situation in jail Assaulted while being taken but now OK
Date of release 2015-07-09 (not for presecution)
Family contact Brother, tel. +86-18611192903
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
Reference
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/13/us-hongkong-china-germany-idUSKCN0I20MX20141013
https://cpj.org/2014/10/chinese-reporter-arrested-in-connection-with-hong-.php
http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/arts-journalist-arrested-in-beijing-129330
http://www.zeit.de/feature/freedom-of-press-china-zhang-miao-imprisonment