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Personal Details |
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| CECC Record Number: |
2004-04650 |
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Ethnic Group: |
Han |
| Detention Status: |
DET |
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Sex: |
M |
| Issue Category: |
dem/spch |
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Age at Detention: |
54 |
| Main Name: |
Wang Bingzhang |
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Religion: |
Christian (unspec.) |
| Chinese Characters (Main Name): |
王炳章 |
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Occupation: |
doctor |
| Alternate Name (Lay or Pen): |
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Affiliation: |
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| Additional Name(s): |
Lou Kaiwen, Qi Xin |
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Residence Province: |
[foreign] |
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Residence Prefecture: |
(na) |
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Residence County: |
(na) |
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Imprisonment or Detention Details |
| Date of Detention: |
2002/07/03 |
| Current Prison: |
Beijiang Prison (Shaoguan) |
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Sentence Length (Years): |
20 |
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| Province Where Imprisoned (or Detained): |
Guangdong Province |
| Prefecture Where Imprisoned (or Detained): |
Shaoguan Shi (pref.) |
| County Where Imprisoned (or Detained): |
Beijiang Dist. |
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Legal Process |
| Legal Process: |
chg/tri-close/sent-close-app |
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Formal Arrest Date: |
2002/12/05 |
| Trial Court: |
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Trial Date: |
2003/01/22 |
| Sentence Court: |
Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court |
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Sentence Date: |
2003/02/10 |
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Appeal Date: |
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| Appeal Ruling Court: |
Guangdong High People's Court |
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Appeal Ruling Date: |
2003/02/28 |
| Charge (Statute): |
CL97-art110/CL97-art120 |
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Short Summary |
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Wang Bingzhang, a permanent U.S. resident and democracy activist, is serving a life sentence at the Beijiang Prison in Shaoguan, Guangdong province. Wang studied medicine in Canada and in 1982 established a pro-democracy magazine in New York. In 1998, he returned to China to organize an opposition party, was arrested and deported. In June 2002, Chinese agents allegedly abducted Wang in Vietnam. China admitted in December 2002 that it had been holding Wang since July incommunicado on espionage and terrorism charges. Wang’s closed trial was held on January 22, 2003. His conviction and life sentence were announced on February 10 and his appeal was rejected on February 28. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has declared Wang’s detention arbitrary. Wang is kept under solitary confinement and suffers from phlebitis and respiratory problems. In May 2009, authorities prevented Wang’s daughter Ti-Anna from entering China to visit her father despite having granted her a visa.
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