63. XU WANPING (released)

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63.   XU Wanping

Pen name               

Sex                          Male

Birth date                1961-04-11

Birth place              Chongqing City

Resident place         Dadukou District, Beijing City

Education               Secondary school graduate

Profession              Freelance writer

(Honorary Member of ICPC)

Date of arrest          2005-04-30 (detained), 2005-05-24 (arrested)

Organ of arrest       Chongqing Public Security Bureau

Cause of arrest       Internet writing and publishing dissident articles

Charge                    Subversion of the state power

Date of sentence     2005-12-23

Organ of sentence   Chongqing Intermediate People’s Court, Chongqing City

Sentence                  12 Years imprisonment and 4 Years deprivation of political rights

Defender                 Lawyers GAO Zhisheng (refused to the court)

Place of jail             Yuzhou Prison, Jiangbei District, Chongqing City

Situation in jail       

Date of release        2014-04-29 (reduced three times by 3 years in total)

Family contact        Chen Xianying (wife), Tel: 0086-15808006569

Donation to

Case adopted by     ICPC

Current Status         Released on 2014-04-29 due to the reduction of the sentence

(Therefore the case closed) ICPC keeping contact

References                http://www.chinaeforum.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=20018

http://www.hrichina.org/public/contents/press?revision%5fid=26466&item%5fid=26458                     http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/xuwanping.htm (Chinese)

http://www.boxun.com/hero/liaoyw/163_1.shtml (Chinese)

http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2005/12/200512250815.shtml (Chinese)