{"id":3293,"date":"2014-09-22T02:39:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T02:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2015-10-30T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T23:27:04","slug":"48-shi-tao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/48-shi-tao","title":{"rendered":"48. SHI TAO (released)"},"content":{"rendered":"

48. \u00a0 SHI Tao<\/h3>\n

Pen name<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nice Ears<\/p>\n

Sex<\/em><\/strong>\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<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1968-07-25<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yanchi City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region<\/p>\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province<\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B. A. in Political Education at East China Normal University, 1991<\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Poet, freelance writer and journalist<\/p>\n

(ICPC member, Honorary Member of Sydney, German, Canada, New Zealand, Swiss Italian, Swiss German, American, English, San Miguel, Scottish and USA PEN centers)<\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2004-11-24 (detained) \/ 2004-12-14 (arrested)<\/p>\n

Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Security Bureau of Hunan Province<\/p>\n

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Internet posting an article that was alleged later to have revealed the state secrets<\/p>\n

Charge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Illegally providing state secrets overseas<\/p>\n

Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2005-04-30 \/ 2005-06-02 (appeal)<\/p>\n

Organ of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Changsha Intermediate People’s Court, High People’s Court (appeal), Hunan Province<\/p>\n

Sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10 Years imprisonment and 2 Years deprivation of political rights<\/p>\n

Defender<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyer Tomas GUO (disbarred), TONG Wenzhong, Mo Shaoping and DING Xikui(appeal)<\/p>\n

Place of jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yinchuan Prison, Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region<\/p>\n

Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Better, except for stomach trouble uncured.<\/p>\n

Date of release<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2013-08-23 (reduced by 15 months)<\/p>\n

Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brother SHI Hua, Tel: 0086-951-5053756; 0086-15825376678<\/p>\n

Donation to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC, Sydney, German, Canadian, English, USA and American, Swiss Italian PEN<\/p>\n

Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Released on 2013-08-23 due to the reduction of the sentence<\/p>\n

(Case therefore closed) keeping contact<\/p>\n

References<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/news\/2005\/China01july05na.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.zonaeuropa.com\/20050501_1.htm<\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.boxun.com\/hero\/shitao\/ (Chinese)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/peacehall.com\/news\/gb\/china\/2005\/06\/200506300330.shtml (Chinese)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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