Birth date 1965-02-07
Birth place Shandong Province
Resident place Ji’nan City, Shandong Province Continue reading
Birth date 1965-02-07
Birth place Shandong Province
Resident place Ji’nan City, Shandong Province Continue reading
PEN INTERNATIONAL RAPID ACTION NETWORK
6 July 2011
Update #2 to RAN 34/07
CHINA: Journalist Qi Chonghuai sentenced to a further eight years
The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the additional eight-year sentence handed down to freelance journalist Qi Chonghuai on 9 June 2011, two weeks before the end of his four-year sentence for extortion and blackmail. It is widely believed that he is targeted for his critical reporting, and for letters smuggled out of prison in 2009 alleging ill-treatment. Continue reading
Press Release
June 10, 2011
Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) strongly protests that Journalist Qi Chonghuai, an honorary member of ICPC, has been sentenced to a further 8 years imprisonment in addition to the four years he has almost completed for “extortion and blackmail” and “embezzlement” by Tengzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Shandong Province on June 9. ICPC calls on all the international community to pay more attention to this case, and calls on the Chinese authorities to ensure Mr. Qi’s legal rights to appeal against the verdict and his freedom from any ill-treatment during his remaining imprisonment, and for his immediate and unconditional release. Continue reading