Cao Haibo

Cao Haibo ( Born on April 23, 1985),[1] is a Chinese dissident who sentenced to eight years in prison for attempting to found an opposition political party in the People's Republic of China, named the China Republican Party. A court in the Chinese city of Kunming sentenced him to eight years in prison for "subversion of state power" in trying to form a party and for online messages criticising the ruling Chinese Communist party. His lawyer, Ma Xiaopeng, said that Cao had called for democracy and had tried to form a party called the China Republican party.

Cao Haibo
Born1985 (age 3536)
NationalityChinese
OccupationSmall business owner
Known forPro-democracy activism
Spouse(s)Zhang Yan

With a reduction of 13 months from his sentence Cao was released from jail on 28 September 2018.[2]

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References

  • - Reuters article
  • - Related article in The Guardian, 1 November 2012
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