{"id":3496,"date":"2014-09-30T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2015-02-04T21:45:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T02:45:47","slug":"86-liu-xiaobo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/86-liu-xiaobo","title":{"rendered":"86. LIU XIAOBO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Liu<\/a>Sex<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Male<\/p>\n

Birth date<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1955-12-28<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Changchun City, Jilin Province<\/p>\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beijing City<\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BA in literature, Jilin University (1982) and PhD in literature (1988) at Beijing Normal University<\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Freelance writer and human right activist (former President and current Honorary President of ICPC, Honorary member of German, American, Scottish, \u00a0Iceland, English Portuguese, Czech and Sydney\u00a0 PEN Centers)<\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2008-12-08 (residential surveillance)\uff0c2009-06-23 (arrested)<\/p>\n

Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Security Bureau of Beijing City<\/p>\n

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Initiating and signing the Charter 08, a declaration calling for political reform and human rights, and publishing dissident articles overseas<\/p>\n

Charge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inciting of subversion of State power<\/p>\n

Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2009-12-23 (hearing), 2009-12-25 (verdict), 2010-02-11 (appeal)<\/p>\n

Organ of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Beijing First Intermediate People\u2019s Court, Beijing High People\u2019s Court (appeal)<\/p>\n

Sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>11 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 Lawyers MO Shaoping (barred from this case), SHANG Baojun and DING Xikui<\/p>\n

Place of jail\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>No. 1 Detention Center of Beijing City; since 2020-05-26, Jinzhou Prison, Nanshan Road 86, Taihe District, 121013 Jinzhou City, Liaonin 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 2020-06-21<\/p>\n

Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIU Xia (wife), Tel: +86-10-88511820<\/p>\n

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

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

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

\u00a0References<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liu_Xiaobo_(intellectual)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.internationalpen.org.uk\/go\/news\/international-pen-protests-the-detention-of-leading-chinese-dissident-writer-liu-xiaobo<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/charter08-12122008082843.html<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/asia\/article6967856.ece<\/p>\n

http:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E5%88%98%E6%99%93%E6%B3%A2 (Chinese)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/Article\/bhdt\/200812\/Article_20081210004947.shtml (Chinese)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.boxun.com\/hero\/liuxb\/ (Chinese)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/Article\/yzzjwyh\/200912\/Article_20091226020503.shtml<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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