Pen name Zhao Xia (ever used)
Sex Male
Birth date 1962-05-22
Birth place Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Resident place Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education Technical school graduate
Profession Internet writer, businessman and rights activist, former teacher at a technical school (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2013-08-10 (detained), 2015-09-12 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Cause of arrest Online and private presentation of his critical opinions toward the authorities, participating in human rights activities and helping other activists, including the Uyghur people, to defend their rights
Charge Inciting subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2014-07-25, 2014-10-29 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Inermediate People’s Court of Urumqi City, High People’s Court of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (appeal)
Sentence 14 years imprisonment and 5 years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer HUANG Yanyu (f, appointed by court), Lawyers LIU Zhiqiang and CHANG Weiping (no permission to the courts)
Place of jail Liudaowan Detention Center of Urumqi City; Section 8, Usu Prison, 833006 Usu City, Tacheng Prefecture, Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Situation in jail Suffering from asthma
Date of release 2027-08-09
Family contact Chen Fang (ex-wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main case
Reference
http://ppdcecc.gov/QueryResultsDetail.aspx?PrisonerNum=10552
https://chrdnet.com/2014/12/prisoner-of-conscience-zhao-haitong/
(others in Chinese)
http://cppc1989.blogspot.se/2014/03/cppc00082.html
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/sentence-11072014105208.html
http://www.voachinese.com/content/xijiang-ativitiest-20140622/1942350.html
http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2013/11/201311101903.shtml#.VJbsGX0AOo
http://www.weibo.com/u/3433286620
http://1862192878.tuita.com/blogpost/23111588