{"id":3358,"date":"2019-07-04T03:21:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T07:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2020-02-01T07:28:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T12:28:24","slug":"80-zhou-yuanzhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/80-zhou-yuanzhi","title":{"rendered":"80. ZHOU YUANZHI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Pen name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>ZENG Renquan, HUA Liangxing, CHU Yichu, CHUTIAN Yixiao<\/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\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 1961-02-22<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Zhongxiang City, Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B.Sc. in Financial Accounting at Zhongnan University of Economics, Wuhan, Hubei Province in 1988<\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Freelance writer, formerly taxation official at the Taxation Bureau of Zhongxiang City\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>(ICPC member)<\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2008-05-03 (surveillance of residence, 1st); 2017-11-10 (administrative detention, 2nd), 2017-11-24 (criminal detention), 2017-12-29 (arrest)<\/p>\n

Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Security Bureau of Zhongxiang City (1st), and Dongbao Branch of Public Security Bureau of\u00a0Jingmen City (2nd), Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Writing and publishing articles and reports on various social issues and official corruptions<\/p>\n

Charge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 suspicion of inciting subversion of state power (1st); organising illegal gathering, online picking quarrels and provoking trouble, defamation (2nd)<\/p>\n

Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2019-02-21 (hearing), 2019-06-28 (verdict)<\/p>\n

Organ of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 People’s Court of Duodao District, Jingmen City, Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Four years and six months imprisonment<\/p>\n

Defender\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Lawyers LEI Gang (replaced), WANG Le (replaced), LIU Zhengqing (disbarred) and LONG Lin<\/p>\n

Place of jail\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Unknown hostel (1st), Detention Center of Jingmen City, Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Situation in jail\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>OK<\/p>\n

Date of release<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2008-05-15 (1st), 2022-05-23 (2nd)<\/p>\n

Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ZHANG Zhongfeng (wife),\u00a0 Tel: +86-724-4268125<\/p>\n

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

Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC<\/p>\n

Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Main case<\/p>\n

To appeal<\/p>\n

References<\/em><\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/cpj.org\/tags\/zhou-yuanzhi<\/a><\/span>
\n https:\/\/pen.org\/rapid-action\/dissident-writer-zhou-yuanzhi-released\/<\/a><\/span>
\n https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/zhou-yuanzhi\/<\/a><\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/en\/releases\/archive\/May2008\/07\/c5852.html<\/a><\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.cicus.org\/info_eng\/artshow.asp?id=9890&ad=5\/6\/2008%2012:01:00%20AM<\/a><\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/blog\/archives\/95957<\/a>(Chinese)<\/span>
\n http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/blog\/archives\/95362<\/a>(Chinese)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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