In Custody: Following Is a List of People Currently in Cus- Abbreviations: WAF - Workers Tody for Crimes Related to Labor Activism

In custody: Following is a list of people currently in cus- Abbreviations: WAF - Workers tody for crimes related to labor activism. The Autonomous Federation; FLUC - Free Labor A list of prisoners list is drawn from information provided by Union of China; CDP - China Democracy the following organizations: HRIC, Human Party; CFDP - China Freedom and in custody for Rights Watch, China Labour Bulletin, China Democracy Party; RTL - reeducation Labor Watch, Amnesty International, through labor; CCP - Chinese Communist labor-related activites International Labour Organization, National Party; ACFTU - All China Federation of Labor Committee, International Trade Unions Confederation of Free Trade Unions

NAME CITY DETEN- BACKGROUND TRIAL OFFENSE SENTENCE CURRENT TION DATE DATE SITUATION

Leng Changchun, 10-Jun-89 b. 1960. Imprisoned for organizing 27-Nov-90 counter- 8 years paroled in 1994 for Wanbao Jilin peaceful protests by 10,000 workers revolu- medical reasons Province of Changchun First Automotive tionary Factory in May and June 1989. After crimes release in 1994, continued to publish open letters calling for reassessment of June 4th and formation of independent labor unions, for which he has been repeatedly arrested and detained.

Yao Changsha, Jun–89 A manual laborer, Yao joined the Oct–89 robbery 15 years Hunan Provincial Guisheng Hunan Changsha WAF during the 1989 and No. 6 Prison, Province protests. After a dispute with taxi driv- assault Longxi. Reported er while helping WAF leaders escape mentally ill as a from China after June 4th, Yao and result of ill-treat- others were charged with "robbery ment. and assault." Yao's charge was sub- sequently changed to "looting."

Guo Hunan 9-Jun-89 Manual laborer and leader of Yueyang Sep-91 hooligan- 13 years Hunan Provincial Yunqiao Province City WAF. Arrested while leading a ism No. 2 Prison, protest by 10,000 workers after June Hengyang 4th. Sentenced to death in September 1989, but sentence commuted to life in 1991. Eight other defendants sentenced to prison terms of 7 to 15 years.

Chen Hunan Jun-89 Employee of Xiangtan Machinery 1989 hooligan- 15 years due for release Gang Province Factory in Hunan. Accused of vandal- ism November 2007 izing the home of a factory official who prevented a factory protest. Initially sentenced to death, but sentence commuted to 18 years in prison after a strike by fellow workers, and later reduced. Two co-defendants, Liu Zhihua and Peng Shi, had life sentences reduced, and have been released. Li Bifeng Miaogen W Y Kang Guoqi W Jingsheng Liu Shigen Hu Qiang Liang NAME uchun ang ang Beijing Beijing Beijing Beijing Beijing CITY Province Sichuan City, Mianyang Shanghai 8-Mar-98 27-Apr-93 27-Sep-92 27-Sep-92 28-May-92 27-May-92 1989 TION DATE DETEN- July 1997. inMianyang Cityin worker protests toHRICandotherson ing reports aftersend- Arrested Christian church. Also amemberofanunderground movement. in 1989pro-democracy years' imprisonmentforparticipation 5 Served taxofficial. b. 1965.Former theAsianGames. would disrupt inMay1993onfearshe treatment committedtopsychiatric Forcibly in1991. trade unionsafterrelease Continued tocallforindependent ident ofShanghaiWAF in1989. to twoandahalfyearsofRTLaspres- b. 1954.Manuallaborer, sentenced activities. CFDP. forJune4memorial Arrested Anding Hospital.MemberofFLUCand doctoratBeijing b. 1964.Former FLUC andCFDP. b. 1962.Printerandco-founderof ing CFDPandFLUC. Chemical Plant.Involvedinestablish- b. 1954.Worker attheYitong in 1992. forJune4memorialactivities Arrested and independentlaborunions. papers callingfordemocraticreform the CFDPwithWang Guoqi.Drafted leader ofFLUC.In1991established LanguagesInstitute,anda Foreign atBeijing lecturer b. 1954.Former ing the1989protests. Students AutonomousFederationdur- cles forBeijingWAF andBeijing arti- forwriting"reactionary" Arrested Company andmemberofBeijingWAF. atBeijingLightVehicleCadre BACKGROUND 16-Dec-94 16-Dec-94 Jan-90 DATE TRIAL 24-Aug-98 16-Dec-94 16-Dec-94 crimes tionary r counter- crimes tionary r counter- crimes tionary r counter- OFFENSE cial fraud commer- crimes tionary r counter- crimes tionary r counter- evolu- evolu- evolu- evolu- evolu- 15 years 20 years. 15 years SENTENCE 7 years 17 years 11 years and gastricillness. hypertension from Prison. Suffers Beijing No.2 hearing problems. stomach ailments, and liver, heart, Prison. Reported Beijing No.2 r Prison. Duefor Beijing Yanqing SITUATION CURRENT Sichuan Dazu County, Chuandong Prison, and water. inadequate food conditions with infilthy Reported PSB Hospital. Shanghai AnKang inprison. treated ill- problems, heart Prison. Reported Beijing No.2 Prison. Beijing No.2 elease May2004

REGULAR FEATURES 105 CHINA RIGHTS FORUM NO.1, 2003 NAME CITY DETEN- BACKGROUND TRIAL OFFENSE SENTENCE CURRENT TION DATE DATE SITUATION Zhang Hunan 21-Jul-98 b. 1954. Originally a teacher. After 27-Dec-98 supplying 10 years Hunan No. 1 Prison, Shanguang Province completing 7-year sentence for intelli- Yuanjiang City. counter-revolutionary crimes in 1996, gence to Suffers from tuber- Zhang worked in a factory, but was orgs culosis, heart and soon laid off. He organized hundreds outside intestinal illnesses, of laid-off workers and established China and ill-treated in the Association to Protect Workers' prison. Rights. Arrested after Radio Free Asia interview on worker protests.

He Chaohui Hunan Aug-98 b. 1961. Originally employed at 29-Jun-99 endanger- 10 years Chenzhou Prison Province Chenzhou Railway Bureau. Organ- ing state ized worker protests and released safety information to overseas groups in 1997 and 1998. Formed group to support Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Yue Tianshui 11-Jan-99 Laid off from Tianshui City Transport 5-Jul-99 subver- 10 years Tianshui No. 2 Tianxiang City, Company in 1995 with pay in ar-rears. sion Prison Gansu In Sept. 1998 began participating in Province CDP's Gansu branch. Arr-ested in January 1999 after establishing jour- nal Chinese Workers’ Monitor with Guo Xinmin and Wang Feng-shan, and petitioning Jiang Zemin. Guo and Wang were sentenced to 2 years in prison and have been released.

Liao Shihua Hunan 10-Jun-99 b. 1949. Worker at Changsha Auto- 22-Dec-99 incite- 6 years Changsha No. 1 Province motive Electronics Factory and mem- ment to Detention Center ber of CDP. Led mass worker protests overthrow in October 1998 and June 1999. state power Wang Neijiang Oct-99 Collier at Damuhe coal mine in Damu unknown Changchun City, County. Arrested during violent con- Sichuan frontations with police after closure of the mine in 1999. Subsequent whereabouts of Wang and 6 others, Wang Fanghua, Wang Heping, Wang Liguo, Wang Qun, Zhang Jun, and Zhu Wanghong, remain unknown.

Xu Jian Baotou, Dec-99 Former employee of Neimengu No. 2 Jul-00 incite- 4 years Chifeng No. 2 Inner Main Machinery Factory in Baotou ment to Prison, Inner Mon- Mongolia City, and a registered legal practi- overthrow golia. Denied treat- tioner. Helped workers distribute state ment for hepatitis leaflets on worker rights. power and hypertension. Feng Daxun Neijiang 16-Dec-99 b. 1941. Former journalist. Arrested 1-Nov incite- 3 years After sentencing City, after speaking with protesting ment to transferred from Sichuan machine tool workers in December overthrow Neijiang Dongxing 1999. state Detention Center to power Gong County Coal Mine. W Lu Guangye Cai W Li Mingjun Hu W Li Jiaqing Huang Qi NAME angyang ang Sen enbin Province Hunan City, Shaoyang Sichuan Chengdu, Sichuan City, Dazhou Henan Sichuan City, Chengdu CITY Province Jiangsu Province Jilin Jilin City, 30-Mar-00 TION DATE DETEN- 22-Dec-01 21-Dec-01 6-May-01 29-May-01 30-Apr-01 7-Aug-00 protest. years'RTLforaidinghis to three Li's sister, LiWanglin, wassentenced for ailmentscausedbyimprisonment. strike todemandmedicaltreatment againafterhunger Li wasarrested inJune2000, Following earlyrelease established ShaoyangWAF in1989. and protests prison afterorganized b. 1950.Sentencedto13yearsin b. 1963.SeeWang Sen,above. 2000. OnlyZhenghasbeenreleased. inDecember andSteelFactory Iron byworkersoftheDazhou protests and ZhengYongliang afterorganizing withHuMingjun Chengdu. Arrested b. 1966.CDPmemberbasedin outsidethecourthouse. ers protested 2000. Trial after200work- adjourned inearly of petitionsandprotests with20othersaftermonths Arrested merger. proposed 1999 toprevent Zhengzhou PaperMillinOctober at independent workers'congress engineer. an Organized Paper factory wasnotopentothepublic. The retrial poned afterHuangfaintedincourt. 2001post- Original trialinFebruary inJune. and Huangwasarrested 2000 Site wascloseddowninMarch investigation. official spurring surgery, tohavepreventative had beenforced than200,000fishermen that more r b. 1964.InlateDecember1999 BACKGROUND Dafeng city. in privatized HuainanTextile Factory atthe gating massiveworkerprotests afterinvesti- paper, Luwasarrested spondent forthe"Textile Daily"news- andspecialcorre- Gin CottonFactory, b. 1982.AnelectricianattheXinfeng December. inNovemberand er protests againfollowingwork- 2001. Arrested Chemical IndustrialCompanyinApril theJilin from by workerslaidoff briefly afterphotographingprotests hospital,Caiwasdetained military A laboractivistanddoctoratthelocal eported on his Tianwang website onhisTianwang eported 30-May-02 13-Feb-01 14-Aug-01 DATE TRIAL 20-Sep-01 30-May-02 sion subver- order social to disrupt a crowd gathering sion subver- OFFENSE power state throw over- ment to incite- sion subver- 10 years closed undis- closed undis- SENTENCE 10 years 11 years Center Detention Bureau Public Security Dazhou Municipal Center No. 2Detention held inZhengzhou last knowntobe unknown SITUATION CURRENT abouts unknown where- current abouts unknown where- current to walkunaided. disease andunable lungandheart from 1 Prison.Suffers No. Hunan Province W sameas Probably Not stated. ang Sen.

REGULAR FEATURES 107 CHINA RIGHTS FORUM NO.1, 2003 NAME CITY DETEN- BACKGROUND TRIAL OFFENSE SENTENCE CURRENT TION DATE DATE SITUATION Yao Fuxin Liaoyang 17-Mar-02 b. 1950. Husband of a former employ- 15-Jan-03 subver- undis- Liaoyang Detention City, ee of bankrupt Liaoyang Ferro-Alloy sion closed Center Liaoning Factory, Yao led protests by thou- Province sands of workers in March 2002. Yao and another protest leader, Xiao Yunliang, were tried Jan. 15, 2003, but no verdict has been disclosed.

Xiao Liaoyang 20-Mar-02 See Wang Zhaoming, above. 15-Jan-03 subver- undis- Liaoyang Detention Yunliang City, sion closed Center Liaoning Province

Wang Liaoyang 20-Mar-02 Wang Zhaoming, Xiao Yunliang and no trial illegally condition- Zhaoming City, Pang Qinxiang were arrested after organiz- ally Liaoning leading protests calling for release of ing a released Province Yao Fuxin and other protest leaders. public Dec. 20, Wang and Pang were eventually protest 2002 released and have begun negotiating with officials for Yao and Xiao's release.

Pang Liaoyang 20-Mar-02 See Wang Zhaoming, above. no trial illegally condition- Qingxiang City, organiz- ally Liaoning ing a released Province public Dec. 20, protest 2002

Di Tiangui Taiyuan 1-Jun-02 b. 1945. Retired worker at Taiyuan awaiting incite- Taiyuan City City, City Dazhong Machinery Factory, trial ment to Detention Center. Shanxi member of CCP and long-time advo- subvert Suffers from high cate of worker rights. Arrested after state blood pressure and calling for national federation repre- power ill-treated in senting China's 30 million retired prison.China Labor state workers. Watch reports life- threatening deterio- ration of health.

Zhao Hanzhong 7-Nov-02 b. 1968. Teacher at a school affiliat- awaiting incite- Transferred to a Changqing City, ed with Shaanxi Hanzhong Nuclear trial ment to prison infirmary Shaanxi Industry Factory 813. Imprisoned for subvert after worsened three years in 1998 after attempting state condition from to stand for election to the NPC and power tuberculosis. criticizing ACFTU. After release, arrested for participation in open let- ter to 16th Party Congress calling for political reform.

Unknown Suizhou 19-Mar-03 According to CLB, a retired worker and Unknown City, former ACFTU official who wrote Hubei protest banners & poems for demon- Province strations in March by the Tieshu Textile Group has been secretly detained.