Li Zhi
李智
Born1970 or 1971 (age 52–53)[1]
OccupationCity government official
Known forCivil rights advocacy

Li Zhi (Chinese: 李智; pinyin: Lǐ Zhì) is a Chinese dissident. He worked as a civil servant in Dazhou. He was arrested in 2003 for his postings of information on local corruption on the Internet.[1]

Arrest

At a time when the internet began to gain popularity with Chinese dissidents to exchange their views, while police had begun monitoring chatrooms,[1] Li posted essays online that detailed local corruption.[2] He was detained in Sichuan province in August 2003, formally charged with "conspiracy to subvert state power" in September,[1] and sentenced for "inciting subversion" to eight years imprisonment in December that year.[2] He was convicted also for his association with the Democracy Party of China, which is a banned organization in communist China.[3] The Congressional-Executive Commission on China describes him as a political prisoner.[4] It is alleged that part of the evidence against him, namely his e-mail account and username, was provided by the Hong Kong subsidiary of the Internet company Yahoo! to the Chinese authorities.[2][3] Local sources said that the cooperation of Yahoo! with authorities had been mentioned in the verdict.[5]

Other cases

Other cases involving political prisoners in the People's Republic of China where information had been provided by Yahoo! are Shi Tao, Jiang Lijun, and Wang Xiaoning.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dissident arrested for online activities". The Age. 2003-09-25. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Magnier, Mark (2006-02-09). "Yahoo is accused of aiding China in case of jailed dissident". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  3. 1 2 Lemnon, Sumner (2006-02-09). "Yahoo may have helped jail another Chinese user". Computerworld. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. ↑ Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Political Prisoner Database: Li Zhi Archived 2012-12-12 at archive.today.
  5. ↑ "Another cyberdissident imprisoned because of data provided by Yahoo". Reporters Without Borders. 2006-02-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.


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