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Name |
YANG Tongyan |
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Pen name |
YANG Tianshui |
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Sex |
Male |
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Birth date |
1961-04-12 |
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Birth place |
Siyang County, Jiangsu Province |
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Resident place |
Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province |
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Education |
B. A. in History at Beijing Normal University, 1982 |
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Profession |
Freelance writer, former teacher and office worker
(ICPC
member and Honorary member of PEN Canada and Italian PEN) |
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Date of arrest |
2004-12-25 (detained), 2005-12-23 (detained for 2nd time) |
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Organ of arrest |
Public Security Bureau of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province (2nd) |
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Cause of arrest |
Internet writing and publishing dissident articles, and participating in some unlawful activities against the state power |
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Charge |
Subversion of the state power (2nd) |
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Date of sentence |
2006-05-16 |
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Organ of sentence |
Zhenjiang Intermediate People's Court, Jiangsu Province |
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Sentence |
12 years imprisonment and 4 years deprivation of political rights |
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Defender |
Lawyer Tomas GUO/ LI Jianqiang (2nd time) |
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Place of jail |
Detention Center of Public Security Bureau of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu (2nd) |
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Situation in jail |
OK |
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Date of release |
2005-01-24(on guarantor for pending trial), 2017-12-22 (2nd time) |
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Family contact |
YANG Guixiang (Sister): 0086-527-85217512(h), 88078699(o),
0086-13989841550(m) |
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Donation to |
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Case adopted by
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ICPC,ICPC,
PEN Canada and Italian PEN |
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Current Status
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Main Case |
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Reference |
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http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/6352
http://english.epochtimes.com/news/4-6-3/21722.htm
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/china/2004/12200412311206.shtml(Chinese)
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