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Name   DU Daobin
Pen name 
Sex Male
Birth date  1964-12-12
Birth place  Wuhan City, Hubei Province
Resident place  Yingcheng City, Hubei Province
Education  College graduate
Profession  Clerk at Administrative Office of Medical Insurance of Yingcheng City  
Freelance writer (member of ICPC, honorary member of Sydney PEN Center)
Date of arrest  2003-11-12 (detained) / 2003-11-10 (arrested)
Organ of arrest  Public Security Bureau of Xiaogan City, Hubei Province
Cause of arrest  Internet writing and publishing articles of criticising the authorities
Charge  Inciting subversion of the state power
Date of sentence 2004-06-11, 2004-08-10 (appeal)
Organ of sentence Yingcheng Intermediate People's Court, High People's Court of Hubei Province 
Sentence  3 years imprisonment with 4 years suspension and 2 years deprivation of 
Defender   Lawyer MO Shaoping (absence, plea of not guilty)
Place of jail   Home under restriction (before re-arrest); Hanxi Prison, Wuhan City, Hubei Province
Situation in jail  OK
Date of release  2004-06-11(before re-arrest); 2010-12-05(?)
Family contact  XIAO Chunrong (wife), Tel: 86-712-3232845, 86-13995883620
Donation to
Case adopted by   ICPC, Sydney PEN
Current Status  Main case 
Having direct contact and seeking the donation to the family
Reference

http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10598
http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2709/prmID/172
                                 http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2004-06/11/content_1520894.htm (Chinese)http://www.asiademo.org/gb/author/dudaobin.htm (Chinese)
http://www.boxun.com/my-cgi/post/display_all.cgi?cat=ddb (Chinese)http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_7520000/newsid_7520400/7520480.stm