Li Hai

Li Hai ( Chinese  李海 ; born May 2, 1954 in Beijing ) is a Chinese writer and dissident .

Li Hai was a PhD student in philosophy at Beijing's elite Beida University in 1989 when the Tian'anmen massacre struck. "Because he wanted to organize a memorial service for the dead a year later, Li was arrested along with around 700 other Beijingers." After six months, he was released from prison and forcibly de-registered.

He was arrested again in May 1995 and sentenced to 9 years in prison for "snooping around state secrets". Today Li Hai lives as a freelance writer in Beijing and is one of China's best-known critics of the regime.

literature

• "Chinese Court Sentences Dissident to a 9-Year Term". In: New York Times , January 1, 1997.
• "Open Letter from 30 Chinese Writers in Support of the Tibetans" (March 22, 2008)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grit Hartmann: "The ordained harmony". In: Berliner Zeitung , March 27, 2008.

Web links

• Li Hai at the Writers in Prison Committee - Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Li is the family name here, Hai is the first name.