China: Dissident writer Chen Daojun sentenced
November 25, 2008
English PEN strongly protests the three-year prison sentence handed down to dissident writer and journalist Chen Daojun for 'inciting subversion of state power' in his online articles.
According to our information, freelance journalist Chen Daojun was handed down a three-year imprisonment sentence and three years' deprivation of political rights on 11 November 2008 by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu. Chen was arrested on 9 May 2008 and charged with "inciting subversion of state power". At some point during Chen's detention, the charge of "inciting subversion" was dropped and replaced by "inciting succession" for reasons which remain unclear to PEN. At his trial which took place on 5 November 2008 and lasted two and a half hours, no verdict was reached. However, on 11 November 2008 it was announced that he had been convicted of 'inciting subversion' in three of his articles published in overseas Chinese websites and a Hong Kong-based magazine. The articles in Chinese language can be found on the following links:
1) Misgovernment Drives People to Revolt - My Respect to the Tibetans Struggling Heroically (http://2newcenturynet.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_7713.html), comment on the March 2008 protests for Tibet;
2) What to Do After the Seventeenth Congress?(http://www.newcenturynews.com/Article/gd/200711/20071117100747.html), comment on the Chinese Communist Party congress in Nov 2007;
3) The Backgrounds of the Anti-West Chinese (http://www.fireofliberty.org/article/7867.asp), comment on the Chinese demonstrations against France and the US in April 2008.
Chen Daojun, aged 40, is a freelance dissident writer from Jintang Township, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. He is believed to be targeted for several articles in support of anti-government protesters in the Tibetan Autonomous Region following unrest which broke out in the region in March 2008.
For the previous WiPC alert on Chen Daojun's case, please click here.
Please send appeals:
- Protesting the sentence imposed on dissident writer and journalist Chen Daojun; - Calling for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which China is a signatory.
Appeals to:
His Excellency Hu JintaoPresident of the People's Republic of ChinaState CouncilBeijing 100032P.R. China.
Mr. Meng Jianzhu Minister of the Public Security East Chang'an Avenue 14100741 BeijingP.R. China
Please note that fax numbers are no longer available for the Chinese authorities, so you may wish to ask the diplomatic representative for China in your country to forward your appeals:
Her Excellency Mrs. Fu YingEmbassy of the People's Republic of China49 - 51 Portland PlaceLondon W1B 1JL
November 25, 2008
English PEN strongly protests the three-year prison sentence handed down to dissident writer and journalist Chen Daojun for 'inciting subversion of state power' in his online articles.
According to our information, freelance journalist Chen Daojun was handed down a three-year imprisonment sentence and three years' deprivation of political rights on 11 November 2008 by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu. Chen was arrested on 9 May 2008 and charged with "inciting subversion of state power". At some point during Chen's detention, the charge of "inciting subversion" was dropped and replaced by "inciting succession" for reasons which remain unclear to PEN. At his trial which took place on 5 November 2008 and lasted two and a half hours, no verdict was reached. However, on 11 November 2008 it was announced that he had been convicted of 'inciting subversion' in three of his articles published in overseas Chinese websites and a Hong Kong-based magazine. The articles in Chinese language can be found on the following links:
1) Misgovernment Drives People to Revolt - My Respect to the Tibetans Struggling Heroically (http://2newcenturynet.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-post_7713.html), comment on the March 2008 protests for Tibet;
2) What to Do After the Seventeenth Congress?(http://www.newcenturynews.com/Article/gd/200711/20071117100747.html), comment on the Chinese Communist Party congress in Nov 2007;
3) The Backgrounds of the Anti-West Chinese (http://www.fireofliberty.org/article/7867.asp), comment on the Chinese demonstrations against France and the US in April 2008.
Chen Daojun, aged 40, is a freelance dissident writer from Jintang Township, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. He is believed to be targeted for several articles in support of anti-government protesters in the Tibetan Autonomous Region following unrest which broke out in the region in March 2008.
For the previous WiPC alert on Chen Daojun's case, please click here.
Please send appeals:
- Protesting the sentence imposed on dissident writer and journalist Chen Daojun; - Calling for his immediate and unconditional release in accordance with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which China is a signatory.
Appeals to:
His Excellency Hu JintaoPresident of the People's Republic of ChinaState CouncilBeijing 100032P.R. China.
Mr. Meng Jianzhu Minister of the Public Security East Chang'an Avenue 14100741 BeijingP.R. China
Please note that fax numbers are no longer available for the Chinese authorities, so you may wish to ask the diplomatic representative for China in your country to forward your appeals:
Her Excellency Mrs. Fu YingEmbassy of the People's Republic of China49 - 51 Portland PlaceLondon W1B 1JL
Read more:
http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2376/prmID/172
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/news/china-dissident-writer-chen-daojun-charged
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/21/chinese-journalist-sentenced-to-3-years/
http://wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1523166
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/news/china-dissident-writer-chen-daojun-charged
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/21/chinese-journalist-sentenced-to-3-years/
http://wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1523166
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_as/as_china_human_rights
Posted by : Albert Ashok, Indian PEN center, West Bengal
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