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Birth date 1953-08-11
Birth place Wuhan City, Hubei Province Continue reading
On September 26, 2018, the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court upheld a lower court’s ruling on veteran rights activist Qin Yongmin’s case: conviction of subversion of state power, a 13-year prison term, and three years of post-release deprivation of political rights. Continue reading
Final Verdict on Qin Yongmin from the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged appeal, Hubei, QIN YONGMIN, verdict, Wuhan
One of China’s highest-profile democracy campaigners has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for “subversion of state power”.
Qin Yongmin, 64, has already spent a total of 22 years behind bars. Continue reading
Qin Yongmin: Prominent Chinese dissident jailed for 13 years已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged QIN YONGMIN, subverting state power, verdict, Wuhan
Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan once more prolonged the pretrial detention of a veteran democracy activist for subversion on Thursday amid growing concerns over the safety of his ‘disappeared’ wife. Continue reading
China Postpones Activist’s Subversion Trial, Wife Still Missing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Subversion
Tagged disappearance, Harry Wu, QIN YONGMIN, Subversion, trail, wife, Zhao Suli
Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan once more prolonged the pretrial detention of a veteran democracy activist for subversion on Thursday amid growing concerns over the safety of his ‘disappeared’ wife. Continue reading
China Postpones Activist’s Subversion Trial, Wife Still Missing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion
Tagged disapparance, QIN YONGMIN, trail, Zhao Suli
From Wang Shiwei to Liu Xiaobo: Prisoners of Literary Inquisition under Communist Rule in China
Qin Yongmin (August 11, 1953 – ), a worker, social activist and editor of independent magzines, was taken into custody for his involvement in Wuhan’s Democracy Wall Movement and for uniting magazines throughout China. In 1982, he was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for “counter-revolutionary propaganda and incitement”. Continue reading
No 17. Yu Zhang: Case 36 (1982): Qin Yongmin, Sentenced for Uniting Magazines已关闭评论
Posted in 2011, honorary Members, PEN for Freedom, Zhang Yu
Tagged literary inquisition, QIN YONGMIN, Yu Zhang
Following unconfirmed reports that she was sexually abused in detention, authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have transferred a legal assistant jailed during last year’s nationwide police operation targeting human rights lawyers to an unknown location, RFA has learned. Continue reading
Chinese Legal Assistant Moved Amid Fears of Abuse in Detention已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged abuse, disappearance, Inciting Subversion, Kaola, QIN YONGMIN, Zhao Suli, Zhao Wei
Fears are growing for Zhao Suli, the wife of detained opposition party member and rights activist Qin Yongmin, Qin’s lawyer said on Wednesday. Continue reading
Fears Grow For ‘Disappeared’ Wife of Detained Chinese Activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion
Tagged disapparance, QIN YONGMIN, Zhao Suli