48. SHI Tao
Pen name Nice Ears
Sex Male
Birth date 1968-07-25
Birth place Yanchi City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Resident place Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province
Education B. A. in Political Education at East China Normal University, 1991
Profession Poet, freelance writer and journalist
(ICPC member, Honorary Member of Sydney, German, Canada, New Zealand, Swiss Italian, Swiss German, American, English, San Miguel, Scottish and USA PEN centers)
Date of arrest 2004-11-24 (detained) / 2004-12-14 (arrested)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Hunan Province
Cause of arrest Internet posting an article that was alleged later to have revealed the state secrets
Charge Illegally providing state secrets overseas
Date of sentence 2005-04-30 / 2005-06-02 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Changsha Intermediate People’s Court, High People’s Court (appeal), Hunan Province
Sentence 10 Years imprisonment and 2 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer Tomas GUO (disbarred), TONG Wenzhong, Mo Shaoping and DING Xikui(appeal)
Place of jail Yinchuan Prison, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Situation in jail Better, except for stomach trouble uncured.
Date of release 2013-08-23 (reduced by 15 months)
Family contact Brother SHI Hua, Tel: 0086-951-5053756; 0086-15825376678
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC, Sydney, German, Canadian, English, USA and American, Swiss Italian PEN
Current Status Released on 2013-08-23 due to the reduction of the sentence
(Case therefore closed) keeping contact
References http://www.cpj.org/news/2005/China01july05na.html
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050501_1.htm
http://blog.boxun.com/hero/shitao/ (Chinese)
http://peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/06/200506300330.shtml (Chinese)