CNHRA PERSON RECORD · CNHRA-P-966505
Wu Gan
Online name: Super Vulgar Butcher
Born
Unknown
Occupation
Unknown
Role
Civil Society Activist · Political Activist
Record ID
CNHRA-P-966505
Visual Records
Wu Gan; the source file gives the date as October 30, 2013.
Biography
Wu Gan used the online name Super Vulgar Butcher in advocacy combining humor, street actions and public challenges.[1]
A veteran and former airport security worker, Wu turned to blogging and case advocacy after leaving his job in 2008. Humor, street performance and public questioning drew attention to disputed prosecutions and coerced confessions, often through collaboration with lawyers.[1]
Wu supported cases including Deng Yujiao’s. CHRD reproduces a statement issued through Wu’s lawyers before his 2017 trial. Wu denied guilt and said the reasons he expected conviction included refusing a government-appointed lawyer and a televised confession, and exposing torture and misconduct. The organization also records the court’s pretrial announcement that he had admitted wrongdoing. Wu later stated that he would appeal when sentenced.[1]
In spring 2015 he worked with Fengrui lawyers and went to Nanchang to support defense counsel in a death-penalty case. Administrative detention after a courthouse action developed into criminal prosecution and a 709-related case, with changing measures and allegations.[1]
Case Summary
CHRD records May 20, 2015 custody, transfer from Fujian to Tianjin in 2016 and a first lawyer visit that December, followed by a closed August 14, 2017 trial and eight-year sentence on December 26.[1]
After the first lawyer visit in December 2016, counsel complained about treatment. Before the 2017 trial Wu denied guilt through lawyers, conflicting with an official account of admissions.[1]
The profile records appellate affirmance in April 2018, later family reports of pain and medical concerns, and actual release on May 18, 2023.[1]
Timeline
2015-05-20
Taken into custody outside a Nanchang court
Wu was seized outside a Nanchang courthouse during support for defense lawyers. Administrative detention developed into criminal prosecution. CHRD describes performance and online advocacy around a death-penalty case before changing allegations and the later connection with 709 proceedings.[1]
2017-12-26
Sentenced to eight years
Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate Court imposed eight years for subversion. The case profile describes restricted counsel and a closed trial. Wu denied guilt through lawyers while official accounts reported admissions.[1]
Related Events
Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-316005Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Evidence location: Case table and background: online activism, 2015 detention, 2017 sentence and release on May 18, 2023; Background: statement issued through lawyers before the 2017 trial, court announcement and appeal at sentencing.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-578748Wikimedia Commons
Evidence location: Photograph, subject description, author and licensing section.