Li Chunfu 李春富 (released) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A/ Dates of Detention/Arrest: August 1, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); January 12, 2017 (released) Place of Incarceration: Tianjin No. 2 Detention Center Background Information Beijing lawyer Li Chunfu (read more…)
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Li Shuyun 李姝云 Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A/ Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); April 8, 2016 (released); April 7, 2017 (criminal case dropped) Place of Incarceration: Tianjin No. 1 Detention Center Background (read more…)
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Liu Sixin 刘四新 (released) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A/ Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); November 2016 (released) Place of Incarceration: Tianjin No. 2 Detention Center Background Information Police detained activist and (read more…)
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Zhao Wei 赵威 (released) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); July 6, 2016 (released on bail) Place of Incarceration: Tianjin No. 1 Detention Center Background Zhao Wei, also known by (read more…)
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Wang Quanzhang 王全璋 (released) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: 4.5 years Court: Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate Court Trial Date: December 26, 2018 Sentencing Date: January 28, 2019 Dates of Detention/Arrest: August 3, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); February 13, 2017 (indicted); April 5, 2020 (released) Place of (read more…)
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Hu Shigen 胡石根 *Released Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: 7.5 years Court: Tianjin Municipal No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: August 3, 2016 Sentencing Date: August 3, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); March 23, 2023 (released) Date of Birth: (read more…)
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Gou Hongguo 勾洪国 (released on suspended sentence, under police control) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: Three years, suspended for three years Court: Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: August 5, 2016 Sentencing Date: August 5, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (detained); January 8, (read more…)
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A group of unidentified men seized Beijing-based activist Liu Yongping (also known as Lao Mu, 老木) from his home on July 10, 2015, the same day activists Hu Shigen (胡石根) and Gou Hongguo (勾洪国) were seized. All three had planned to attend the same underground church gathering that day.
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Seized and formally arrested by Ji’nan City Public Security Bureau on January 2, 2016, human rights lawyer Shu Xiangxin was abruptly tried and sentenced six days later. His lawyers were not allowed into the courtroom for the hearing, which lasted just 30 minutes before a guilty verdict was announced. Police (read more…)
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Lawyer Zhou Shifeng, the director of Beijing Fengrui Law Firm, was detained in July 2015 during a nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers that particularly targeted his firm. Police initially took Zhou into custody on July 10 at a hotel in Songzhuang, on the outskirts of Beijing, where Zhou had (read more…)
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Mi Chongbiao 糜崇标 & Li Kezhen 李克珍 Crime: N/A Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: May 2012 Place of Incarceration: house arrest/enforced disappearance in black jails (May 2012-April 2017); Baihuashan Detention Center in Yunyan District, Guizhou (April 2017 – unknown date) [only (read more…)
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Beijing-based activist Tang Zhishun disappeared on October 6, 2015, in Mong La, Myanmar, along with fellow activist Xing Qingxian (幸清贤) and Bao Zhuoxuan (包卓轩), the 16-year old son of detained lawyers Wang Yu (王宇) and Bao Longjun (包龙军).
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