Inciting Subversion Of State Power
Rights defender Liu Jiacai, currently serving his sentence in Hanjin Prison in Hubei Province, is frequently subjected to physical punishment and is taking psychotropic drugs to ease his mental pressure, according to fellow activist Li Wei. At the request of Liu’s wife, Li has constructed an...
On June 17, 2016, the Wuhan Municipal Procuratorate indicted Wuhan activist Qin Yongmin of “subversion of state power.” Qin had previously been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the same crime. Prior to the indictment, Qin was formally arrested on May 12 after having been disappeared for one year...
Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei was detained on March 23, 2015, for paying respects at the graves of Xiao Jie and Wu Guofeng, two June Fourth victims. He was officially arrested on April 30 that year on charges of “inciting subversion of state power” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble...
On February 19, 2016, the Urumqi Intermediate People’s Court convicted Xinjiang rights defender Zhang Haitao of “inciting subversion of state power” and “spying for foreign entities and unlawful providing intelligence” and sentenced him to 19 years in prison and five years of deprivation of...
On June 10, 2015, lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan met with activists Chen Qitang (penname: Tian Li) and Su Changlan at the Nanhai Detention Center in Foshan City, Guangdong Province. This is the first time Chen Qitang has been allowed to meet with a lawyer since his initial arrest on November 25, 2014...
Huang Fangmei ( 黄芳梅 ) , pen name Huang Jingyi ( 黄静怡 ) , was formally arrested on June 25, 2014 on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” (煽动颠覆国家政权) and is currently being held at Wuhan No. 1 Detention Center. Huang was criminally detained on May 17, 2014 after attending a sermon held at...
Gansu activist and former policeman Li Dawei (李大伟) was sentenced in 2002 to 11-years in prison after being convicted for “inciting subversion of state power.” Li appealed the judgement but was unsuccessful. He was released in April 2012. HRIC has translated into English the second instance (appeal...
On May 15, 2012, Chongqing dissident and Chinese Pan-Blue Alliance leader Zhang Qi (张起) was released from Yuzhou Prison after having served a four-year sentence. Zhang was detained on May 16, 2008, formally arrested on June 20, 2009, and convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” on July 7,...
On May 15, 2012, Chongqing dissident and Chinese Pan-Blue Alliance leader Zhang Qi (张起) was released from Yuzhou Prison after having served a four-year sentence. Zhang was detained on May 16, 2008, formally arrested on June 20, 2009, and convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” on July 7,...
[Chen Wei] On December 23, 2011, Sichuanese dissident Chen Wei (陈卫) was convicted of inciting subversion of state power for publishing nine essays on the Internet; he was sentenced to nine years in prison with two years of deprivation of political rights. His lawyers Zheng Jianwei and Liang Xiaojun...
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