Writers in Prison (China)
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Name LIU Haofeng (ÖÐÎÄ×ÊÁÏ)
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1975-12-26
Birth place Xinshao County, Hunan Province
Resident place Shanghai City
Education
Profession Freelance journalist, and former editor and reporter for several
publications
Date of arrest 2001-03-31 (secretly arrested)
Cause of arrest Organising the China Democracy Party Joint Headquarters, Second
Front, and publishing an essay on the internet focusing on the current
situation of China's peasants.
Charge Endangering national security
Date of sentence 2001-05-16 (ruled by Public Security Bureau of Shanghai City)
Sentence 3 years of Re-education Through Labour (RTL)
Place of jail Hunan No. 1 RTL center, Changsha City, Hunan Province
Situation in jail unknown
Defender None
Family contact unknown
Case adopted by
Current Status RTL terminated on 2004-03-31
(Case therefore closed)
References http://www.cpj.org/news/2001/China31aug01na.html
http://www.yangjianli.com/digest/zhangsanyiyan20031112e.htm (Chinese)
Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004) 22
Last update: November 3, 2004
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