{"id":3719,"date":"2015-07-17T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2015-10-30T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T00:42:36","slug":"145-liu-benqi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/145-liu-benqi","title":{"rendered":"145.   LIU BENQI (released)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/Liu-Benqi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4395\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/Liu-Benqi.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Benqi\" width=\"450\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/Liu-Benqi.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/Liu-Benqi-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Pen name<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sex<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Male<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Birth date<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01969-10-02<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Hong&#8217;an County, Hubei Province<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Geermu City, Qinghai Province<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Graduated from Chongqing Communication College<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Former PLA soldier, and freelance writer (ICPC honorary member)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2012-07-18 (detained), 2012-08-24 (arrested)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Security Bureau of Geermu City, Qinghai Province<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Internet writing and publishing dissident articles of criticizing the authorities,\u00a0called for demonstration during 18<sup>t<\/sup><sup>h<\/sup> Congress of CCP<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Charge<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Inciting subversion of state power<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2013-06-05 (hearing), 2014-01-23 (verdict)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Organ of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Intermediate People&#8217;s Court of Haixi Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Province<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 years imprisonment<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Defender<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 himself<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Place of jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detention Center of Geermu City, Qinghai Province; Prison of Xining City, Qinghai Province ?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unknown<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of release<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2015-07-17<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LIU Ying(wife), Tel:+86-0979-7250598<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Donation to<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Main case<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Reference<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.amnesty.org.uk\/blogs\/countdown-china\/china-human-rights-briefing-july-13-19-2012\">http:\/\/www2.amnesty.org.uk\/blogs\/countdown-china\/china-human-rights-briefing-july-13-19-2012<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/News\/NewsinICPC\/201306\/english_38426.html\">http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/News\/NewsinICPC\/201306\/english_38426.html<\/a><br \/>\n\/www.rfa.org\/mandarin\/yataibaodao\/renquanfazhi\/ql1-02102014104659.html \u00a0(Chinese)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pen name\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sex\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip; 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