Pen name<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yangzi<\/p>\n
Sex<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Male<\/p>\n
Birth date<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1971-12-10<\/p>\n
Birth place<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Daming County, Hebei Province<\/p>\n
Resident place<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beijing<\/p>\n
Education<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M. Sc. in Mechanics, BeijingUniversity, July, 1998<\/p>\n
Profession<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Computer engineer at Chinese Computer Software Development Cooperation,<\/p>\n
Beijing.<\/p>\n
(Honorary members of ICPC and GhanaianPENCenter, ICPC member since Dec 2009)<\/p>\n
Date of arrest<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2001-03-13 (secretly detained) \/ 2001-04-20 (arrested)<\/p>\n
Organ of arrest<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Security Bureau of Beijing City<\/p>\n
Cause of arrest<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joining the New Youth Study Group and creator of a website of Yangzis Home<\/p>\n
of Ideas, (www.lib.126.com)<\/p>\n
Charge<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Subversion of the state power<\/p>\n
Date of sentence<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2003-05-28, 2003-11-10 (appeal)<\/p>\n
Organ of sentence<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 Beijing Intermediate People’s Court, Beijing High People’s Court (appeal)<\/p>\n
Sentence<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8 Years imprisonment and 2 Years deprivation of political rights<\/p>\n
Defender<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyers XU Wanlin and LI Heping<\/p>\n
Place of jail<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beijing No 2 Prison, Postbox: 2357-7, Chaoyang District, 100023 Beijing<\/p>\n
Situation in jail<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Since May 2007 starting feeling sick, often falling in faint, or having dusky eyes, a tingling tongue, palpitating heart, shivering body, and even having urine incontinence, which usually lasts for half an hour to be over while only lying down. No medical care yet<\/p>\n
Date of release<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2009-03-12<\/p>\n
Family contact<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LU Kun (wife), msqs2000@gmail.com<\/a>, Yang Zili: +86-13552727537<\/p>\n Donation to<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Case adopted by<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC, Ghanaian PEN<\/p>\n Current Status<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release on expiry of the sentence on 2009-03-12<\/p>\n (Case therefore closed) ICPC keeping contact<\/p>\n References<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.rsf.org\/article.php3?id_article=1868<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.alliance.org.hk\/prison\/?lang=c&viewid=3089 (Chinese)<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.boxun.com\/my-cgi\/post\/display_all.cgi?cat=yangzili (Chinese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 8. \u00a0 YANG Zili Pen name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Y … Continue reading