{"id":6034,"date":"2017-12-27T06:58:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T11:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2018-10-18T08:31:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T12:31:41","slug":"204-xie-yang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/204-xie-yang","title":{"rendered":"204. XIE YANG (Released)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/10\/Xie-Yang.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/10\/Xie-Yang.jpg\" alt=\"Xie Yang\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/10\/Xie-Yang.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2015\/10\/Xie-Yang-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Sex<\/strong><\/em>\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\u00a0\u00a0Male<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Birth date<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01972-02-04<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Birth place\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Dongkou County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Changsha City,\u00a0Hunan Province<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LL.B. at\u00a0School of Law, Hunan\u00a0University, Changsha<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Profession<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyer \u00a0(ICPC honorary member)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2015-7-12 (assigned residence residential surveillance), 2016-01-09 (arrest)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Public Security Bureau of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Changsha City,\u00a0Hunan Province<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0publishing Weibao posts and articles critisizing the governments, police and justice, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Charge<\/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 Suspicion of\u00a0d<span lang=\"en\">isrupting court order<\/span> and inciting subversion of the state power<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> 2017-05-08 (hearing), 2017-12-26 (verdict)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Organ of sentence\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>no<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>exemption from criminal penalty<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Defender<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyers ZHANG Zhongshi, LIU Jinbin (replaced), LIN Qilei (replaced) and LIU Zhengqing<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Place of jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02nd Detention Center of Changsha City, Hunan Province<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tortured<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of release\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>2017-05-08 (on bail under residential surveillance), 017-12-26<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Family contact\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>CHEN Guiqiu (wife)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Donation to<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Case adopted by<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ICPC<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 exemption from criminal penalty on 2017-12-26<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Reference\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/chinese-rights-lawyer-tortured-in-detention-on-subversion-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/chinese-rights-lawyer-tortured-in-detention-on-subversion-charges<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2016\/12\/02\/news-chinese-lawyers-beatings-prison-tip-iceberg-wife-told\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hongkongfp.com\/2016\/12\/02\/news-chinese-lawyers-beatings-prison-tip-iceberg-wife-told\/<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nchrd.org\/2016\/09\/xie-yang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nchrd.org\/2016\/09\/xie-yang\/<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/chinachange.org\/2016\/08\/14\/wife-and-relatives-issue-statement-over-torture-of-rights-lawyer-xie-yang-in-changsha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/chinachange.org\/2016\/08\/14\/wife-and-relatives-issue-statement-over-torture-of-rights-lawyer-xie-yang-in-changsha\/<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontlinedefenders.org\/en\/case\/case-history-xie-yang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.frontlinedefenders.org\/en\/case\/case-history-xie-yang<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrlawyers.hk\/en\/content\/xie-yang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.chrlawyers.hk\/en\/content\/xie-yang<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/922339.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/922339.shtml<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sex\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\u00a0\u00a0Male B &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/204-xie-yang\">Continue reading <span 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