2.HUANG Jinqiu
Pen name Qingshuijun; Huang Jin; Jin Qiu
Sex Male
Birth date 1974-09-03
Birth place Tancheng, Shandong Province
Resident place Thailand
Education Graduated at LuxunAcademy of Literature, Beijing, China;
B.Sc. in Computer Information, University of Lincoln, UK
Profession Freelance writer and reporter, former chief editor
(Honorary Members of ICPC, German and American PEN centers,
ICPC member since January 2012)
Date of arrest 2003-09-13 (detained) / 2004-01-09 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province
Cause of arrest Writing and publishing articles on internet, traveling back to China to organize a
politic party
Charge Subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2004-09-27, 2004-12-09 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Changzhou Intermediate People’s Court, High People’s Court of Jiangsu
Sentence 12 Years imprisonment and 4 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer Tomas GUO
Place of jail Pukou Prison, Postbox 3202-50-113, Nanjing 210031, JiangsuProvince
Situation in jail Joint meniscus injured, resulting in knee-pain
Date of release 2011-10-20 (reduced thrice by 3 years and 11 months in total)
Family contact HUANG Guide (father), Linxi City, Shandong Province, Tel: 0086-539-8390310
HUANG Jinmei (sister), Tel: 0086-13864958098
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC, German PEN and American PEN centers
Current Status Released on 2011-10-20 due to the reduction of the sentence
(Case therefore closed) keeping contact
References http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12602
http://peacehall.com/news/gb/english/2004/02/200402080356.shtml
http://peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2004/09/200409300638.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/my-cgi/post/display_all.cgi?cat=hjq (Chinese)