Pen name YANG Tianshui
Sex Male
Birth date 1961-04-12
Birth place Siyang County, Jiangsu Province
Resident place Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province
Education B. A. in History at Beijing Normal University, 1982
Profession Freelance writer, former teacher and office worker
(ICPC member and Honorary member of PEN Canada, Italian PEN and PEN America)
Date of arrest 2004-12-25 (detained), 2005-12-23 (detained for 2nd time)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province (2nd)
Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing dissident articles, and participating in some unlawful activities against the state power
Charge Inciting subversion of the state power (1st); subversion of the state power (2nd)
Date of sentence 2006-05-16
Organ of sentence Zhenjiang Intermediate People’s Court, Jiangsu Province
Sentence 12 Years imprisonment and 4 Years deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer Tomas GUO/ LI Jianqiang (2nd)
Place of jail Nanjing Prison, 210012 Nanjing, Jiangsu Province (2nd)
Situation in jail Hospitalized due to seriously sufferings from tuberculous intestinal inflammation and peritonitis in 2010, and still from diabetes and nephritis, beside arthritis and high blood pressure
Date of release 2005-01-24 (on guarantor for pending trial), 2017-12-22 (2nd time)
Family contact YANG Guixiang (Sister): 0086-527-85217512(h), 88078699(o),0086-13852821073 (m)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC, PEN Canada, PEN America and Italian PEN centers
Current Status Main Case
References
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/6352
http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4-6-3/21722.htm
http://www.chinesepen.org/yzzj/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=2651 (Chinese)
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2004/12/200412311206.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/my-cgi/post/display_all.cgi?cat=yang(Chinese)
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/12/200512250641.shtml(Chinese)