Chen Wei, Freelance
Medium:Internet
Charge:Anti-State
Imprisoned:February 20, 2011

Police in Suining, Sichuan province, detained Chen among the dozens of lawyers, writers, and activists jailed nationwide after anonymous online calls for a nonviolent "Jasmine Revolution" in China, according to international news reports. The Hong Kong-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders reported that Chen was formally charged on March 28, 2011, with inciting subversion of state power.

Chen's lawyer, Zheng Jianwei, made repeated attempts to visit him but was not allowed access until September 8, 2011, according to the rights group and the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Radio Free Asia. Radio Free Asia reported that police had selected four pro-democracy articles Chen had written for overseas websites as the basis for criminal prosecution.

In December 2011, a court in Suining sentenced Chen to nine years in prison on charges of "inciting subversion."

He was being held in Suining City Detention Centre in Sichuan province, according to Amnesty International.

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