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colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: larger;" | **Zhang Jianhong**
style="white-space: nowrap"Pen name:	Li Hong
style="white-space: nowrap"Gender:	Male
style="white-space: nowrap"Date of birth:	March 6, 1958
style="white-space: nowrap"Date of arrest:	September 6, 2006
style="white-space: nowrap"Arrested by:	the Public Security Bureau of Ningbo city in Zhejiang Province
style="white-space: nowrap"Reason of arrest:	Published dissent articles on the internet
style="white-space: nowrap"Charge:	instigating to overthrow the national regime
style="white-space: nowrap"Date of sentence:	March 19, 2007
style="white-space: nowrap"Sentenced by:	Senior People’s Court of Zhejiang Province
style="white-space: nowrap"Term of imprisonment:	6 years

Zhang Jianhong (張建紅) (March 6, 1958-December 31, 2010), pen name Li Hong (力虹), was a freelance writer, playwright, poet, and also a democracy activist. He was born on March 6, 1958 in Ningbo

Ningbo

Ningbo is a seaport city of northeastern Zhejiang province, Eastern China. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, the municipality has a population of 7,605,700 inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 3,089,180 in the built up area made of 6 urban districts. It lies south of the Hangzhou Bay,...

city of Zhejiang Province, China

Zhejiang

Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...

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Zhang was previously illegally imprisoned from 1989-1991 for his pro-democracy

Democracy

Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...

activities. In August 2005 Zhang and his friends founded the literary and news website Aegean Sea Aiqinhai.org, of which he was editor-in-chief. Aegean Sea was renowned for its daring articles but was shut down by the authorities on March 9, 2006. After that Zhang became a regular contributor to the overseas Chinese sites The Epoch Times

The Epoch Times

The Epoch Times is a multi-language, international media organisation. As a newspaper, the Times has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It was founded in 1999 by supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline....

, and often published articles depicting current fraud and corruption and criticizing the China Communist Party (CCP).

Just days after Zhang posted an essay online about China's human rights record

Human rights in the People's Republic of China

Human rights in the People's Republic of China are a matter of dispute between the Chinese government, other countries, international NGOs, and dissidents inside the country. Organizations such as the U.S. State Department, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have accused the Chinese...

and, in particular, the treatment of journalists and their sources in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic games

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, on the evening of September 6, 2006 over 20 CCP policemen raided Zhang’s home in Ningbo and arrested Zhang, according to his wife Dong Min.

Zhang was accused of writing 60 articles that "slandered the government and China's socialist system" and “incitement to subversion of state power” . His articles written in 2006 includes:

The Stolen Organs are Screaming

Olympic Games will start while Organ Harvest is still increasing

Facing Organ Harvest, Laws Are Going to Be Legislated

Facing Investigation Report, What Will Bush Say?

Willing to Participate This Historic Investigation

What Does Wu Hongda Want to Do?

Spreading Nine-Commentaries & Promoting Quitting-CCP-System are the Barriers that CCP can not Pass

Return Me Gao Zhisheng, Return Me The Conscience of China

On March 19, 2007 Zhang was illegally sentenced for 6 years in prison plus one year’s deprivation of political rights by Senior People's Court of Zhejiang Province that was controlled by CCP Central Political and Law Commission.

After that, Zhang was immediately transferred to Huzhou Changhu prison. In Changhu prison Zhang was reportedly suffering from muscle necrosis, a condition which is deteriorating due to lack of adequate medical care in jail. A medical evaluation determined that he suffered from a rare nerve disorder that could lead to permanent paralysis if not treated. On his doctor’s advice, he applied for medical parole on 31 May 2007. There has been no response to his application and he has instead been transferred to Zhejiang Prison.

As Zhang’s health was turning worse in Zhejiang Prison, he recently was sent to Hangzhou Qingchun Hospital (another name of the hospital is Zhengjian Central Prison Hospital). It is reported that Zhang’s neuron disease is considered as an incurable disease in the medical field. Currently the illness has led to his partial paralysis and continues to deteriorate despite transfer to the General Hospital of Zhejiang Prison in Hangzhou City. He cannot eat, but is on a drip. His life is at stake.

Zhang’s wife Dong Min repeatedly applied medical parole for him but CCP rejected the appeal.

Since Zhang was arrested, many overseas human rights supporters appealed for him.

On June 5 5pm, Lihong was released on medical parole and was sent to a hospital in Ningbo, Lihong's hometown. Lihong was under critical condition, and his family could not afford the huge medical cost. But on June 9 it was confirmed that the Chinese authority had blocked two donation accounts that were used for accepting oversea donations. He died on New Year's Eve 2010. His body was quickly cremated by the authorities, and 10 of his friends were put under house arrest to prevent them from holding a memorial for him.

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