{"id":6521,"date":"2019-11-30T11:19:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T16:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=6521"},"modified":"2020-01-30T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T23:47:14","slug":"209-liu-shaoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/209-liu-shaoming","title":{"rendered":"209. LIU SHAOMING (Released)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6523\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2016\/02\/Liu-Shaomin.jpg\" alt=\"Liu Shaomin\" width=\"480\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2016\/02\/Liu-Shaomin.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2016\/02\/Liu-Shaomin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2016\/02\/Liu-Shaomin-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>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\u00a0Male<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Birth date<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01958-07-09<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Birth place\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><span class=\"hps\">Xinyu City<\/span><span class=\"hps\">,<\/span><span class=\"hps\">\u00a0\u00a0Jiangxi Province<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Secondary<span class=\"hps\"> school graduate<\/span><!--more--><\/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 Internet writer and labour rights activist, former worker, reporter and editor (ICPC honorary member)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2015-05-30 (detained), 2015-07-04 (arrested)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Huadu District Branch, Public Security Bureau of\u00a0Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Writing m<span class=\"hps\">emoirs on June Fourth massacre, etc.<\/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 creating troubles (detention),\u00a0inciting subversion of the state power (arrest, verdict)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of sentence\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>2016-04-15 (hearing), 2017-07-07 (verdict)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Organ of sentence\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Intermediate People\u2019s Court of Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province<\/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>Four years and six months imprisonment and three years deprivation of political rights<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><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 Chen Keyun, Ran Tong\u00a0and Wu Kuiming<\/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\u00a0Detention Center of\u00a0Huadu District, 1st detention center of Guangzhou\u00a0City, Guangdong Province (since be arrested)<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 suffering from <span class=\"tw-bilingual-translation\" lang=\"en\">abdomen troubles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Date of release\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>2019-11-29<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Family contact\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Liu Meihua\u00a0(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\u00a0Released due to expiry of sentence on 2019-11-29<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-labour\/china-jails-labor-activist-for-4-1-2-years-idUSKBN19S0L3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-labour\/china-jails-labor-activist-for-4-1-2-years-idUSKBN19S0L3<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/china-jails-labor-activist-who-supported-guangdong-labor-movement-07072017112307.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/china-jails-labor-activist-who-supported-guangdong-labor-movement-07072017112307.html<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/chinese-police-hold-outspoken-activists-in-beijing-guangzhou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/chinese-police-hold-outspoken-activists-in-beijing-guangzhou<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/get-involved\/take-action-now\/china-release-liu-shaoming-ua-14515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/get-involved\/take-action-now\/china-release-liu-shaoming-ua-14515<\/a><\/span><\/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\u00a0Male Bi &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/209-liu-shaoming\">Continue reading <span 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