Li Bifeng
Li Bifeng | |
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| Native name | Lý tất phong |
| Born | 1964 Mianyang,Sichuan,China |
| Occupation | Activist, poet, writer |
| Notable works | Die Flügel des Himmels(lit. 'The Wings of Heaven') |
Li Bifeng(born 1964 inMianyang,[1][2]Sichuan,China) is aSichuaneseactivist, poet, andChristian.[3][4]He has been imprisoned since 1998.
Life and imprisonment
[edit]The poet and campaigner for democracy, Li Bifeng, wrote a report in 1998 about a courageous sit-in of a group of textile workers on a Chinese highway. He passed the report to human rights organizations abroad. In 1989, he was arrested and sentenced to 5 years because of "economic crimes", after he had taken part in the1989 Tiananmen Square protestsand had been on the run for half a year.
After being released from prison in 1994, Li joined an "unofficial church"and established an organization of conscience-based care for Chinese with fellow Christians to conduct written reports on the living conditions of laid-off workers, women, and children across the country, providing information and acting on both domestic and international levels. In 1998, he was arrested again and sentenced to 7 years in prison for" economic fraud ".[1]
In November 2012, 48-year-old Li was sentenced to another twelve years in prison with no plausible reason or evidence and despite worldwide protests. The authorities accused him of helping his friendLiao Yiwu,the writer and winner of thePeace Prize of the German Book Tradein 2012, when he fled to Germany.
On 4 June 2013, theBerlin International Literature Festivalheld a worldwide reading for Li Bifeng.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abZhang, Ping (16 September 2018)."' tàn khốc đồng thoại ': Ngục trung tác gia Lý tất phong tiểu thuyết ở Berlin hoạch tán "[ "A Cruel Fairy Tale": Li Bifeng's Novel Well Received in Berlin].dw(in Simplified Chinese).Retrieved28 September2023.
- ^Yang, Qi (4 September 2020)."Tứ Xuyên dị thấy tác gia Lý tất phong ra tù sau ở khách sạn cách ly"[Sichuanese dissident writer Li Bifeng quarantined in hotel after being released from prison].chinaaid.net(in Simplified Chinese).Retrieved28 September2023.
- ^Liao, Yiwu (2013-06-04).For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet's Journey Through a Chinese Prison.Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 343–.ISBN9780547892634.Retrieved23 May2013.
- ^"Tứ Xuyên Cơ Đốc đồ dị nghị thi nhân Lý tất phong lại lần nữa bỏ tù, nghi nhân năm trước ám trợ Liêu cũng võ lưu vong hải ngoại"[Li Bifeng, the Christian Dissident Poet from Sichuan, Has Been Jailed Again].chinaaid.net(in Simplified Chinese). 1 September 2012.Retrieved3 June2021.
- ^"04.06.2013 - Worldwide Reading for Li Bifeng — Worldwide Reading".worldwide-reading.Retrieved2016-03-31.
- Guardian: Chinese poet Li Bifeng jailed for 12 years
- 'In this country, we can only hibernate': Chinese poet Li Bifeng sentenced to 12 years imprisonment
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