Zeng Jinyan
Zeng Jinyan ( Chinese 曾 金燕 , Pinyin Zēng Jīnyàn ; born October 9, 1983 ) is a Chinese blogger and human rights activist and the wife of the AIDS and environmental activist Hu Jia .
Zeng was best known for her blog, which she ran during the disappearance of her husband, believed to be the work of the Chinese secret police. Zeng was placed under house arrest in August 2006 , and her blog, which detailed her life under constant surveillance and police harassment, was systematically blocked in China. Zeng continued editing her blog.
Zeng Jinyan and Hu Jia created a 31-minute documentary, Prisoners of Freedom City, about their seven-month house arrest from August 2006 to March 2007. The couple was arrested two months later, on May 18, 2007. again placed under house arrest for "violating state security". Zeng Jinyan is depicted in Tian'anmen 2.0. and was ranked among the 100 most important people of the present by TIME Magazine as a "heroine" and "pioneer".
Zeng Jinyan was a signatory to Charter 08 in 2008 .
Web links
- Zeng Jinyan's blog (in Chinese)
- Documentation Prisoners of Freedom City on YouTube
- The documentation Prisoners of Freedom City at WITNESS.ORG - Part 1 , Part 2 & Part 3
Individual evidence
- ^ Chinese AIDS activist missing for six weeks returns home, Prawda, March 29, 2006
- ↑ Activist Couple Accused of Endangering State Security , Human Rights Watch, May 21, 2007 ( Memento of July 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Zeng Jinyan - The TIME 100, May 14, 2007
- ↑ They (die Polizei) also questioned her about putting her name to 'Charter '08,' an appeal for democratic reform issued last week by more than 300 dissidents, activists and intellectuals. http://hujiajinyan.wordpress.com/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeng, Jinyan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 曾 金燕 (Chinese); Zēng, Jīnyàn (Pinyin Romanization) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese blogger and human rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1983 |