CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-971249
Ou Biaofeng: online advocacy, sentence and release
Date
2020-12
Location
Zhuzhou, Hunan (sentencing); Chishan Prison, Hunan (imprisonment)
Event Type
Detention · Sentencing · Release
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security
Record ID
CNHRA-E-971249
Summary
Ou was detained in December 2020 following online advocacy, initially receiving administrative detention for picking quarrels and provoking trouble and then designated-location residential surveillance on suspicion of inciting subversion. On December 30, 2022, a judgment at the Zhuzhou detention facility imposed three years and six months and three years’ deprivation of political rights.[1]
Description
Ou was detained in December 2020 following online advocacy, initially receiving administrative detention for picking quarrels and provoking trouble and then designated-location residential surveillance on suspicion of inciting subversion. On December 30, 2022, a judgment at the Zhuzhou detention facility imposed three years and six months and three years’ deprivation of political rights.[1]
Ou left prison after completing his term on September 16, 2024. Both CNA and PEN America record the release; CNA also recounts his sustained advocacy for prisoners of conscience and family appeals during the case.[1][2]
Developments
Detained following online advocacy
Ou was detained after advocacy for Dong Yaoqiong and others, first under administrative detention and then designated-location residential surveillance. CNA records the subsequent inciting-subversion case.[1]
Procuratorate approves arrest
CNA’s retrospective records approval of Ou’s arrest by the Lusong District procuratorate in Zhuzhou on July 22. He had been in custody since December 2020 under administrative detention and designated-location residential surveillance.[1]
Sentenced to three years and six months
A judgment announced at the Zhuzhou detention facility imposed three years and six months and three years’ deprivation of political rights. Ou subsequently served time at Chishan Prison in Hunan.[1]
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-089315Central News Agency
Evidence location: Ou’s advocacy, 2020 detention, July 22, 2021 arrest approval, December 30, 2022 sentence and September 16, 2024 release.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-000196PEN America
Evidence location: Profile: columns and online commentary, forty-two-month term and September 16, 2024 release.