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Home > Du Daobin

Du Daobin
Writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, re-arrested July 21, 2008 to serve the remaining two years and four months of his three-year sentence, which had been suspended for four years, followed by two years’ deprivation of political rights Du was convicted on June 11, 2004 of “inciting subversion of state power” for 175 words in 26 of his articles. Now, he stands accused of violating the terms of his sentence by publishing more than 100 articles on the Internet, leaving the city, and receiving guests without permission from the police. Du is currently being held in Hanxi Prison, Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
 
 
 


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July 21, 2008:
Chinese Writer Du Daobin Re-Arrested as Crackdown Continues


 
 

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