{"id":7610,"date":"2020-09-08T23:02:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T03:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=7610"},"modified":"2020-09-16T00:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T04:15:50","slug":"227-liu-yanli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/227-liu-yanli","title":{"rendered":"227. LIU YANLI"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"liu-yanli\"Pen name\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Zhuaizhuai Reappearing
\nSex<\/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\u00a0Female<\/p>\n

Birth date<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1975-06-01<\/p>\n

Birth place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jingmen City, Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Resident place<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dongbao District, Jingmen\u00a0City, Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Education<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Colleage<\/p>\n

Profession<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bank clerk,\u00a0\u00a0internet\u00a0writer and blogger (ICPC member)<\/p>\n

Date of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2016-09-26 (detained)\uff0c 2016-11-02 (arrest)\uff1b2018-11-21 (arrest, 2nd)<\/p>\n

Organ of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dongbao Branch of Public Security Bureau of Jingmen City,\u00a0\u00a0Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Cause of arrest<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Online\u00a0dissident writtings in general,\u00a0 and in particular posting a dozen of short messages on her pages of Weibo (Chinese style of Twitter) and\/or \u00a0in some friend circles on WeChat, concerning the negative comments on CPC former and present leaderships, namely late Chairman MAO Zedong, late Premier ZHOU Enlai and current President XI Jinping, mostly coped from other online sources, some even officially published in China, and other\u00a0critical posts.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Suspicion of defamation (1st), picking quarrels and provoking trouble (2nd)<\/p>\n

Date of sentence<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02019-01-31 (hearing); 2020-04-24 (verdict), 2020-08-26 (appeal)<\/p>\n

Organ of sentence\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>People’s Court of Dongbao District, Jingmen City; Intermediate People’s Court of Jingmen City, Huibei Province (appeal)<\/p>\n

Sentence\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Four years imprisonment<\/p>\n

Defender\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Lawyer ZHANG Lei (1st); lawyers LIU Zhengqing (2nd, ICPC-WiPC legal consultant, disbarred), WU Kuiming and MA Gangquan, sister LIU Yuehua,\u00a0Lawyer ZHANG Lei (appeal)<\/p>\n

Place of jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Detention Center of \u00a0Jingmen City,\u00a0\u00a0Hubei Province<\/p>\n

Situation in jail<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OK (1st); reportedly beaten,\u00a0 then cutting her wrists to commit suicide, and hospitalised (2nd)<\/p>\n

Date of release\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>2017-05-27 (on bail), 2022-03-23 (?)<\/p>\n

Family contact<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PENG Gang (ex-husband), LIU Yuehua (sister): +86-15975322178<\/p>\n

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

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

Current Status<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Main case
\nAfter released on bail 2017-05-27 pending trail for half a year, arrested again in 2018\/11. On 2020-05-04, her appeal was submitted for her innocence against the court verdict issued on 2020-04-24.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Reference<\/em><\/strong>
\nhttps:\/\/www.nchrd.org\/2020\/09\/briefing-crackdown-on-free-expression-blogger-poet-activist-citizen-journalist-in-custody\/
\n<\/a>https:\/\/www.frontlinedefenders.org\/en\/profile\/liu-yanli
\n<\/a>http:\/\/www.christianitydaily.com\/articles\/9353\/20200507\/hubei-bank-clerk-in-china-jailed-for-critical-social-media-posts.htm
\n<\/a>https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/clerk-05062020112829.html
\n<\/a>https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/east-asia-pacific\/sentencing-arrest-activists-are-signs-chinas-unrelenting-crackdown
\n<\/a>https:\/\/www.licas.news\/2020\/05\/07\/chinese-woman-sentenced-to-four-years-jail-for-social-media-posts\/
\n<\/a>https:\/\/www.nchrd.org\/2020\/05\/veteran-activists-imprisoned-and-detained-for-online-speech\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/blogger-01312019111126.html<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/womens-rights-have-been-repeatedly-violated-in-china<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/pen.org\/press-release\/blogger-and-activist-liu-yanli-charged-with-defamation-in-china\/<\/a><\/span>
\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CHRDnet\/posts\/553745911416574<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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