254. Chen Qiushi

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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