209. LIU SHAOMING (Released)

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Liu ShaominSex                              Male

Birth date               1958-07-09

Birth place            Xinyu City,  Jiangxi Province

Resident place      Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Education                 Secondary school graduate

Profession                 Internet writer and labour rights activist, former worker, reporter and editor (ICPC honorary member)

Date of arrest          2015-05-30 (detained), 2015-07-04 (arrested)

Organ of arrest      Huadu District Branch, Public Security Bureau of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Cause of arrest         Writing memoirs on June Fourth massacre, etc.

Charge                          Suspicion of creating troubles (detention), inciting subversion of the state power (arrest, verdict)

Date of sentence     2016-04-15 (hearing), 2017-07-07 (verdict)

Organ of sentence  Intermediate People’s Court of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Sentence                     Four years and six months imprisonment and three years deprivation of political rights

Defender                      Lawyers Chen Keyun, Ran Tong and Wu Kuiming

Place of jail                 Detention Center of Huadu District, 1st detention center of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province (since be arrested)

Situation in jail        suffering from abdomen troubles

Date of release         2019-11-29

Family contact       Liu Meihua (wife)

Donation to

Case adopted by        ICPC

Current Status           Released due to expiry of sentence on 2019-11-29

 Reference 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-labour/china-jails-labor-activist-for-4-1-2-years-idUSKBN19S0L3
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/china-jails-labor-activist-who-supported-guangdong-labor-movement-07072017112307.html
http://www.chinesepen.org/english/chinese-police-hold-outspoken-activists-in-beijing-guangzhou
http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now/china-release-liu-shaoming-ua-14515