Name Chen Qiushi
Penname
Sex Male
Birth date 1985-09-19
Birth place Daxinganling area, Heilongjiang Province
Resident place Beijing City
Education Graduate from Law School at Heilongjiang University (2007)
Profession Citizen journalist, video blogger, former lawyer at Beijing Longan Law Firm
Date of arrest 2020-02-06 (compulsory quarantine), 2020-03-13 (surveillance residence)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Wuhan City, Hubei Province
Cause of arrest In late January 2020, entering the epidemic area in Wuhan City for interviews, publishing relevant videos on YouTube, and accepting interviews from overseas media
Charge unknown
Date of sentence not yet
Organ of sentence no
Sentence not yet
Defender no lawyer accepted
Place of jail unknown
Situation in jail Unknown (meeting with lawyer denied)
Date of release not yet
Family contact
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Investigation
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Qiushi
https://www.voanews.com/press-freedom/dont-forget-chen-qiushi-friend-chinese-journalist-says
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/02/opinion/chinese-journalist-chen-qiushi-tops-10-most-urgent-list-press-freedom-cases/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51486106
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/business/wuhan-coronavirus-journalists.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/09/asia/wuhan-citizen-journalist-intl-hnk/index.html