72. ZHANG Jianhong
Pen name Li Hong
Sex Male
Birth date 1958-03-06
Birth place Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province
Resident place Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province
Education University graduate
Profession Freelance writer, playwright and poet (ICPC member and Honorary Member of Melbourne PEN and PEN America )
Date of arrest 2006-09-06 (detained), 2006-10-12 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province
Cause of arrest Internet writing and publishing dissent articles (62 pieces)
Charge Inciting subversion of state power
Date of sentence 2007-03-19, 2007-05-15 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Ningbo City, High People’s Court of Zhejiang Province (appeal)
Sentence 6 Years imprisonment and 1 year deprivation of political rights
Defender Lawyer LI Jianqiang
Place of jail Qiaosi Prison; Prison General Hospital, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province (since 2007-10-20)
Situation in jail Heath getting worse since being detained and applied for medical parole upon doctor’s advice but turned down; suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis when released
Date of release 2010-06-05 (medical parole)
Family contact DONG Min (wife), Tel: 0086-574-87885992, Address: Flat 604, Building 5, Ningzhou First Village, Jiangdong District, 315010 Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province
Donation to as above
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Released on medical parole on 2010-06-05 but under very critical conditions of his health in need for a life support to survive, died on 2010-12-31
References http://69.59.187.18/dlbhdt/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=5062
http://www.guancha.org/info/artshow.asp?ID=40709
http://crd-net.org/Article_Show.asp?ArticleID=2249
http://boxun.com/hero/2006/lhongwj/1_1.shtml (Chinese)
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/shenrubaodao/2006/09/19/minzhudang/ (Chinese)