Sex Male
Birth date 1970-10-26
Birth place Luoshan County, Henan Province
Resident place Beijing
Education LL.B from Henan University (1995), LL.M from Renmin University of China (2005)
Profession Partner and lawyer at Beijing Globe Law Law Firm (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2015-07-10 (assigned residence residential surveillance), 2016-01-08 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Tianjin City
Cause of arrest critical comments via online writings and interviews with overseas journalists, and joining other dissidents to oppose the government
Charge Subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2017-04-28
Organ of sentence 2nd Intermidiate People’s Court of Tianjin City
Sentence 3 years imprisonment with 4 years suspension, and 4 years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyers CAI Ying and MA Lianshun (both dismissed by the court), WEN Zhisheng (assigned by the court)
Place of jail 1st Detention Center of Tianjin City
Situation in jail tortured
Date of release 2017-05-09
Family contact Wang Qiaoling (wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on 2017-05-09 for sentence suspension
Reference
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/10/emaciated-unrecognisable-china-releases-human-rights-lawyer-from-custody
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39741893
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/02/china-intent-eliminating-civil-society/
http://www.chinesepen.org/blog/archives/44837
http://www.chrlawyers.hk/en/content/li-heping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Heping
https://chinachange.org/2016/08/21/my-name-is-li-heping-and-i-love-being-a-lawyer/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/08/my-friend-li-heping-the-man-china-thinks-is-more-dangerous-than-bin-laden
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/08/childs-heartbreak-li-heping-human-rights-lawyer-china-superhero
https://www.nchrd.org/2015/08/prisoner-of-conscience-li-heping/