Writers in Prison (China)

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Name                      XU Wei

Pen name Xu Lujun, Zhou Han

Sex Male

Birth date 1974-08-12

Birth place Yantai City, Shandong Province

Resident place Beijing

Education M. A. in Philosophy, Beijing Normal University, 1999.

Profession Reporter and editor of Consumer Daily

(Honorary Members of Ghanaian PEN)

Date of arrest 2001-03-13 (secretly detained) / 2001-04-20 (arrested)

Cause of arrest Founding the New Youth Study Group with Zhang Honghai and Jin Haike, acting

as general secretary, and internet posting of the artucles

Charge Subversion of the state power

Date of sentence 2003-05-28 (Beijing Intermediate People's Court), 2003-11-10 (appeal)

Sentence 10 years imprisonment and 2 years deprivation of political rights

Place of jail Beijing No 2 Prison, Postbox: 2357-13, Chaoyang District, 100023 Beijing

Situation in jail Tortured and hanger strike several times

Date of release 2011-03-12

Defender Lawyer Zhu Jiuhu

Family contact Xu Liansheng (father), Tel: 0086-535-7074268

Case adopted by ICPC, Ghanaian PEN

Current Status Main case

Seeking the donation to the family

  References              http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7014

                                 http://www.zhongguohun.com/chison/yujie/035.html (Chinese)

                                 http://gb.hrichina.org/gate/gb/big5.hrichina.org/big5/detainee_details.adp?detainee_id=325 (Chinese)

Compiled by WiPC of Independent Chinese PEN Centre (11/2004)  10

Last update: November 3, 2004