43. ZHU YUFU (released)

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Zhu YufuSex                                Male

Birth date                1953-02-13

Birth place              Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Resident place         Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Education               Student at Department of Chinese Literature at Hangzhou College, 1971

Profession               Staff of Housing Management office, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou City, and editor of Opposition Party (ICPC Member since June 2009)

Date of arrest          1999-06-19(detained) / 1999-09-15 (arrested); 2007-04-18(detained) / 2007-05-18 (arrested); 2011-03-05 (detained, 3rd),2011-04-11(arrested)

Organ of arrest       Public Security Bureau of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province (1st); Shangcheng Branch of Public Security Bureau of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province (2nd ); Public Security Bureau of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province (3rd)

Cause of arrest       Founding the magazine of Opposition Party for Chinese Democratic Party, distributing its articles on internet, and communicating with overseas (1st); Publishing dissident articles and having troubles with police (2nd) ;publishing dissident articles detained (3rd);

 Charge                    Subversion of the state power (1st); obstructing the execution of official duties (2nd); Inciting subversion of the state power (3rd)

Date of sentence     1999-11-09, 1999-12-10 (appeal); 2007-07-10 (2nd) , 2008-04-09 (retrial); 2012-01-31(hearing), 2012-02-10(verdict), 2012-04-05(appeal)

Organ of sentence   Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Zhejiang High People’s Court (appeal); Shangcheng People’s Court, Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court(retrial), Zhejiang Province(2nd); Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Zhejiang High People’s Court (appeal) (3rd)

Sentence                  7 Years imprisonment and 3 Years deprivation of political rights (1st); 2 Years imprisonment and two years, four months and 26 days deprivation of political rights(2nd);  7 Years imprisonment and 3 Years deprivation of political rights (3rd)

Defender                Lawyer MIAO Weichuan (1st); Lawyer MO Shaoping (2nd); Lawyer LI Dunyong, Lawyer LI Baiguang (3rd)

Place of jail            Zhejiang No. 6 Prison, Haining City (1st); Zhejiang No. 2 Prison, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province (2nd); Zhejiang No. 4 Prison, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province (3rd)

Situation in jail        very poor health and denied adequate health care, food and medication (2nd); tortured (3rd)

Date of release        2006-09-14(1st); 2009-04-18 (2nd); 2018-03-04 (3rd)

Family contact        JIANG Hangli (wife), 0086-571-86064283, 0086-13757133139

Donation to

Case adopted by     ICPC

Current Status         Main Case

References
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/brother-02172017111949.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yufu
http://www.china18.org/2013/11/blog-post_3446.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-16977615
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/zhu-yufu-china-belongs-to-everyone/2012/02/03/gIQAGUsxpQ_story.html?utm_term=.31059c03bb8a
https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/defending-freedom-project/prisoners-by-country/China/Zhu%20Yufu
https://www.englishpen.org/campaigns/china-zhu-yufu-to-spend-63rd-birthday-in-prison/
http://www.chinesepen.org/english/icpc-statement-to-protest-severe-sentence-of-its-member-zhu-yufu
https://www.nchrd.org/2011/08/prisoner-of-conscience-zhu-yufu/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/12/us-doctor-denied-visit-sick-chinese-democracy-acti/
http://pen.org/press-release/zhu-yufu-receives-tougher-sentence-after-re-trial/
http://www.cecc.gov/publications/commission-analysis/authorities-release-one-china-democracy-party-leader-detain-another