96. FAN Yanqiong
Pen name
Sex Female
Birth date 1960-12-06
Birth place Nanping City, Fujian Province
Resident place Nanping City, Fujian Province
Education Meddle school
Profession Freelance writer, blogger and human rights activist (ICPC member since November 2010)
Date of arrest 2009-06-26 (detained), 2009-07-31 (arrested)
Organ of arrest Public Security Bureau of Mawei District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province
Cause of arrest Writing and posting online an article based on a testimony of a petitioner LIN Xiuying (f) that highlighted the efforts of local police officers and prosecutors to cover up the criminal acts related to the death of her daughter, YAN Xiaoling in Mingqing County, Fujian Province, who had been gang-raped before she died. Among 8 suspects detained for defamation, Fan and two activists are formally arrested and prosecuted for the same charge of false accusations, but convicted on defamation.
Charge defamation (detained and convicted), false accusations for frame-up (arrest and persecuted)
Date of sentence 2009-11-11 (hearing), 2010-03-19 (postponing due to lack of evidence), 2010-04-16 (verdict), 2010-06-28 (appeal rejection)
Organ of sentence People’s Court of Mawei District, Fuzhou City, Intermediate People’s Court of Fuzhou City (appeal) , Fujian Province
Sentence 2 years imprisonment
Defender Lawyers LIN Zhong and LI Fangping
Place of jail No. 2 Detention Center of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province
Situation in jail tortured and suffering from kidney, high blood pressure and heart diseases, but denied for medical parole and forced to appear on wheelchair with oxygen supply for her use at the court
Date of release 2010-08-25 (medical parole)
Family contact LIN Jingyi (daughter), Tel: +86-15806028416
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Main Case
Released on medical parole on 2010-08-25
References http://www.speroforum.com/a/20041/China-False-accusations-bring-arrests
http://chrdnet.org/index.php/2009/06/30/fujian-activist-detained-for-alleging-official-misconduct/
http://www.ifex.org/china/2009/07/17/bloggers_detained/
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/postcardcampaign-08052009094856.html
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/08/25/china-fan-yanqiong-released/