233. LI XUEWEN (Released)

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Sex                              Male

Birth date                1977-05-05

Birth place             Yingcheng County, Hubei Provine

Place of residence:   Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Education                Master of Arts, School of Drama, Yunnan Academy of Arts (2008)

Profession                Journalist, editor, publishing planner, independent writer
(ICPC member since 2014-10)

Date of arrest          2017-12-19 (detained)

Organ of arrest       Xinhui District Branch of Public Security Bureau of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province

 Cause of arrest       Participating in a memorial event for Liu Xiaobo’s death at seaside of Xinhui, Jingman City, Guangdong  Province on July 19, 2017

Charge                          Suspicion of gathering to disrupt social order

Date of sentence      no

Organ of sentence   no

Sentence                       no

Defender                      Lawyer GE Yongxi

Place of jail                Detention Center of Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province

Situation in jail        Illtreated because of refusing to “back the prison rules” and squatting.

Date of release          2018-01-15

Family contact         Huang Simin (girlfriend

 Donation to            

Case adopted by     ICPC

Current Status         Released on bail pending trial on 2018-01-15

References
https://chinachange.org/tag/li-xuewen/
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/20/chinese-writer-detained-commemorating-nobel-laureate-liu-xiaobo-group/
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/7808/2018/en/