102. ZUO Xiaohuan
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1969-03-29
Birth place Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
Resident place Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
Education M.Sc. in Agricultural Economy at Yunnan University of Agriculture, Yunnan Province, in 2003
Profession Freelance writer, human rights activist and former teacher at Leshan Normal College (ICPC honorary member)
Date of arrest 2010-04-26 (detained), 2010-05-28 (arrested)
Organ of arrest National Security Bureau of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
Cause of arrest concerning mainly about the rights defending events of the teachers and other civil groups in the region of Mianyang City, including his home county of Santai, writing the reports and other articles, published on Internet and having interviews from the overseas media, to criticize the relevant governments. (From 5 September 2006 to 4 September 2008, he spent two years in a detention center of “reeducation through labor” on “inciting subversion of the state power” for his online writings and reports on the local rights defending events. As a result, he was dismissed from the colleague, and since then prevented by the police from looking for work.)
Charge Suspicion of inciting subversion of the State power
Date of sentence 2011-11-11
Organ of sentence Intermediate People’s Court of Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
Sentence Approving the canceling of the case by prosecution
Defender Lawyer LIU Xiaoyuan
Place of jail Detention Center of Santai County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2011-11-11 (under residential surveillance)
Family contact Tel: +86-13568427120
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Under residential surveillance after his release due to prosecution’s canceling of the case on 2011-11-11
References http://insidechinatoday.net/2009/01/13/zuo-xiaohuan-convicted-and-in-danger- for-speaking-out/
http://pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2700/prmID/918
http://www.msguancha.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=3599 (Chinese)
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/rights_arrest-05282010132422.html (Chinese)
http://www.msguancha.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=3551 (Chinese)