Category Archives: Writers in Prison

27. JIANG LIJUN (Released)

Jiang LijunSex                               Male

Birth date                 1966-08-26

Birth place               Tieling City, Liaoning Province

Resident place         Diaobingshan City, Liaoning Province Continue reading

208. LI HEPING (Released)

Li HepingSex                              Male
Birth date               1970-10-26
Birth place            Luoshan County,  Henan Province
Resident place       Beijing
Education                 LL.B from Henan University (1995), LL.M from Renmin University of China (2005) Continue reading

An ‘absurd verdict’: Jail terms for China activists who voiced support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy protests

Two activists who voiced support on social media for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Occupy protests in 2014 have been sentenced to jail terms by a court in Guangdong, south China, on Friday.

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Detained Chinese Feminist Wins New Human Rights Honor

Detained activist Su Changlan, who has been in pre-trial detention for more than two years, on Tuesday received a prestigious human rights award from a coalition of Chinese human rights groups. Continue reading

China accuses rights activist of ‘fake news’ fabricating torture

By Christian Shepherd | BEIJING

BEIJING Chinese state media said on Thursday that a prominent Chinese rights activist had made up “fake news” of torture to grab international headlines, but his defenders said the accusations were a coordinated attempt to smear his name. Continue reading

134. KUNCHOK TSEPHEL GOPEY TSANG

KUNCHOK TSEPHEL GOPEY TSANGPen name               

 Sex                               Male

 Birth date                1970

Birth place              Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province

Resident place         Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province Continue reading

‘My Brother Has Been Appallingly Treated’

Zhu Xiaoyan, the U.S.-based sister of veteran jailed democracy activist Zhu Yufu, has called on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to end the beatings and mistreatment meted out to her brother in prison. Continue reading

Fears for Chinese Poet Liu Xia’s Life After Troubling Phone Call to Friend

NEW YORK—Reports that Chinese poet Liu Xia, who is spending her seventh year under house without charge, has made rare and risky contact with a fellow writer to lament her failing her health raise fears for her life under conditions of stringent confinement and isolation, PEN America said in statement today. Continue reading