Li Boguang

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Li Boguang

This is a Chinese name ; the family name is Li.

Li Boguang ( Chinese :李柏光; Pinyin : Lǐ Boguang; * An October 1968 ; † 25. February 2018 in Nanjing ) was a Chinese legal scholar and activist for human rights . As director of the Quimin Research Institute in Beijing , Li assisted farmers seeking compensation for confiscated farmland. Li was arrested after participating in the Tangshan protest .

Involved in peasant rights

Li Boguang studied philosophy , politics and law at a university in China .

Li became known to international society in 2004 when he tried to give farmers their rights. Together with Yu Meisun and Zhào Yán , Li provided advice to farmers in Hebei Province . These farmers had been relocated to make way for the Taolinkou Reservoir, which was about 100 kilometers east of Beijing . The farmers alleged that the compensation funds were embezzled by local government officials. Led by Zhang Youren, a peasant activist, more than 11,000 displaced peasants signed a petition calling for the dismissal of Communal Party Secretary Zhang He . The Tangshan protest resulted in the arrest of Zhang Youren and the crackdown on right-wing activists.

That same year, Li published an article examining the effects of corruption on farmers' lives. The article, entitled Can Citizens Dismiss a Mayor, was published in the Modern Civilization Pictorial, No. 12 .

Li Boguang is also reported to have advised farmers in Fu'an , a coastal city in northern Fujian Province . Again, farmers wanted to petition the central government over a dispute over land.

In both Fujian and Hebei, the police are said to have put pressure on villagers to denounce Li Boguang and other activists . Li was arrested in Fu'an on December 14th and charged with cheating on farmers. The police allegedly ransacked his home in Beijing and confiscated computers and documents.

In March 2005, Agence France-Presse reported that Li Boguang had been released on condition that he would stay in Beijing and refrain from contacting farmers or anyone else who would petition the government for abuse by local officials. The actual date of his release was given later than January 21st.

It was reported that Li was associated with the Fangzhou Congregation, a Chinese house church in Beijing's Chaoyang District. Other Church members include human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng and Yu Jie , founder of the Chinese branch of the international PEN

Members of the Fangzhou Congregation gather in an apartment or unofficial location to pray. On January 15, 2006, a Sunday afternoon, two Beijing police officers in uniform and two plainclothes police officers visited them. The officials said that they should investigate this parish. The police charged the community with "disturbing the peace" and holding an illegal gathering. The reason for this was that they had not officially approved the place where they held their Sunday service. This was followed by mutual accusations and a tug of war between the video cameras. One might ask why all the fuss about an insignificant house church; this happened because of the well-known "troublemakers" in this community. One of them was Yu Jie, a frank writer who founded China's first PEN association. This association is a writers' group that promotes free speech .

He passed away in the early morning of February 25, 2018, two days after he was diagnosed with liver cancer.

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  1. ↑ Sudden Death of Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Raises Suspicions , rfa.org, accessed February 27, 2018
  2. ^ A b c The dam, the petition, the lawyer and his diary , Probe International, March 11, 2004, accessed August 26, 2017
  3. ↑ Cathy McCann, People's Republic of China: Arrest of Writers ( September 28, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ), International PEN, January 4, 2005, accessed August 26, 2017
  4. ↑ People's Republic of China: Human Rights Defenders at Risk ( Memento October 18, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), Amnesty International, March 1, 2005, accessed August 26, 2017
  5. ↑ Chinese Police Harass Journalist Who Covered Tangshan Protest ( December 13, 2004 memento in the Internet Archive ), Radio Free Asia, July 14, 2004, accessed August 26, 2017
  6. ↑ Maud Kozodoy, Annual Report 2005, Committee of Concerned Scientists ( Memento of September 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), pp. 3–4, accessed on August 26, 2017
  7. ↑ Chinese Authorities Release Farmers' Rights Activist ( Memento December 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), Congressional Executive Commission on China, March 14, 2005, accessed August 26, 2017
  8. ↑ List of imprisoned and detained petitioner activists , Human Rights Watch, December 2005, accessed August 26, 2017
  9. ↑ a b Peijin Chen, Going to Church on Sunday is a drag, but this is ridiculous , The Shanghaiist, January 18, 2006, accessed August 26, 2017
  10. ↑ Jonathan Watts, Writer held as China turns on intellectuals , The Guardian, December 22, 2004, accessed August 26, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Li, Boguang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese activist and legal scholar (People's Republic of China)
DATE OF BIRTH October 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH People's Republic of China
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2018
Place of death Nanjing