Teng Biao
Teng Biao ( Chinese 滕 彪 ; born August 2, 1973 in Huadian ) is a Chinese human rights activist and lawyer. Teng is a lecturer at the Chinese University of Political Science and Law in Beijing . Teng has been arrested at least twice so far: in March 2008 for two days and in February 2011.
After he and 20 other colleagues declared that they wanted to defend Tibetans in court, the government revoked his license to defend Tibetans in political cases in May 2008 . His passport had previously been revoked and he was kidnapped by Chinese intelligence agencies for two days in March 2008.
Western media announced on February 20th 2011, Teng was - in a timely manner to the protests in the Arab world following protests in China in 2011 has been arrested -. On February 19, Teng ironically noted in his last Twitter message before the arrest that jasmine tea would probably not be served during interrogation [in China] .
When Xi Jinping came to power in November 2012, the situation for opposition members in China worsened.
Teng Biao flew with his youngest daughter to the USA via Hong Kong and has been living in exile in New Jersey since September 2014 , where he received a professorship at Harvard University through the “Scholars at Risk” program . In April 2015, his wife fled with the older daughter via Southeast Asia and met her husband a year later.
Web links
- TENG Biao at the Writers in Prison Committee - Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Rule of Law in China: Opinion is mundling , taz.de, March 11, 2008, accessed July 26, 2018
- ↑ China: Arrests and Abducts Require International Response , hrw.org ( Human Rights Watch ), March 31, 2011, accessed July 26, 2018
- ↑ " Interview with Chinese civil rights activist Teng Biao (tagesschau.de archive)" Tagesschau.de , June 3, 2008.
- ↑ Buckley, C., 'Human rights lawyer released but gagged' , The Guardian , March 9th of 2008.
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↑ a b dpa message, printed among other things as:
- "Jasmine Revolution": China's police dissolve protests. , .n-tv.de , February 20, 2011
- . China's police break up protests. Die Welt , February 20, 2011 (accessed October 19, 2015)
- ↑ Twitter message Teng Biaos (February 19, 2011) (accessed February 28, 2011)
- ↑ No country for academics: Chinese crackdown forces intellectuals abroad , The Guardian , May 24, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teng Biao |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 滕 彪 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese dissident |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huadian |