{"id":3695,"date":"2014-10-09T15:57:18","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T19:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2015-01-16T10:59:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T15:59:47","slug":"133-gao-zhisheng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/133-gao-zhisheng","title":{"rendered":"133. GAO ZHISHENG (released)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Sex<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Male<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Birth date<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1964-04-20<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Jia County Yulin City, Shanxi Province<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0 Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Self-taught college of laws<\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyer and internet writer (ICPC honorary member)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2006-08-15 (detained)\/2006-09-21 (arrested), 2011-12-26 (re-arrest)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>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 \u00a0Internet writing and publishing dissident articles<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/strong>Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2006-12-12 (hearing), 2006-12-22 (verdict)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Organ of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Beijing First Intermediate People\u2019s Court<\/p>\n

Sentence \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>3 years imprisonment with 5 years suspension and 1 year deprivation of political rights.<\/p>\n

Defender<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Two lawyers assigned by the court<\/p>\n

Place of jail \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Shaya Prison, Shaya County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region<\/p>\n

Situation in jail\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>severely tortured many times during detention and afterwards<\/p>\n

Date of release<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2006-12-22 , 2014-08-07 (after re-arrest)<\/p>\n

Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GENG He (wife), GAO Zhiyi (brother), Mobile: +86-15191985726<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC<\/p>\n

Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release on expiry of sentence on 2014-08-07\u00a0(Therefore the case closed)<\/p>\n

\u00a0References<\/em><\/strong>
\nhttp:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gao_Zhisheng<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/china\/2011-12\/16\/c_131311157.htm<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/12\/16\/us-china-lawyer-idUSTRE7BF1R320111216<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/08\/08\/china-gao-zhisheng-out-prison-freedom-uncertain<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-28793055<\/span><\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.transcendingfearfilm.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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