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Sex Male
Birth date 1967-10
Birth place Zhengzhou City, Henan Province
Resident place Zhengzhou City, Henan Province
Education Three-year study at Philosophy Department, Zhangshan University, Guangzhou (1989, dismissed and imprisoned for his organizing the student movement)
Profession Freelance (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2014-05-27 (detained), 2014-07-03 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Erligang Branch of Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau, Henan Province
Cause of arrest Sending VOA the a press release with a statement and photos for his holding a memorial service for HU Yaobang, ZHAO Ziyang and June Fourth Victims on the Yellow River Bank near Zhao’s hometown and being interviewed via telephone by VOA reporter. HU and ZHAO were General Secretaries of CPC in succession in 1980s and dismissed for their opposition to crack down the students movements.
Charge Suspicion of gathering a crowd to disturb order in a public place (detention), of creating disturbances (since arrest)
Date of sentence no
Organ of sentence no
Sentence no
Defender Lawyers ZHANG Xuezhong and MA Lianshun, Tel. +86-13383866589
Place of jail No.3 Detention Center of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province
Situation in jail Suffering from depression, congenital vascular stenosis, hypertension, and high blood sugar. Since detention, his conditions deteriorated. In July 2014, he got a sudden brain stroke, with lower extremity edema and difficulty urinating, and then was hospitalized. For being unable to bear the leg irons and handcuffs, he volunteered to give up treatment and return to the detention center in mid-November. Since then, he has just relied on medicines to maintain his conditions but risked a stroke once more.
Date of release 2016-08-16 (on bail)
Family contact CHEN Wei (wife, co-defendent released on bail)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on bail on 2016-08-16
Reference
http://www.voachinese.com/content/yu-shiwen-lawyer-20150105/2585879.html
http://ppdcecc.gov/QueryResultsDetail.aspx?PrisonerNum=10343
http://www.voachinese.com/content/voa-interview-yushiwen-20140203/1843214.html (Chinese)
http://www.voachinese.com/content/detained-yushiwen-20141126/2535297.html (Chinese)
http://www.voachinese.com/content/yu-shiwen-lawyer-20150105/2585879.html (Chinese)
http://xgmyd.com/archives/5110 (Chinese)
http://www.xinsheng.net/xs/articles/gb/2004/2/22/25854.html (Chinese)
http://wqw2010.blogspot.se/2015/01/blog-post_84.html (Chinese)
http://blog.boxun.com/hero/2007/liusishiji/291_1.shtml (Chinese)
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_8802d5ff0100xb3t.html (Chinese)
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/content/6620 (Chinese)