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Cai Lujun (; born 16 July 1968) is a Chinese dissident writer.


Biography

Cai Lujun was born in Feixiang County, Hebei Province. He was an owner of a foreign
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and a
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. He graduated from secondary school. Cai was one of the first persons in China to be arrested for posting articles on the
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. He was accused of posting a series of articles online under the pen name "盼民主 (Pan Minzhu)"("expecting for democracy") criticizing the Chinese government. Cai was put under house arrest on 22 February 2003. He was found guilty of “incitement to subversion” and sentenced to three years in prison by
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Intermediate People's Court on 30 October 2003. In 2006 he was released from prison. He now lives in exile in
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since 2007.


See also

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Cyber-dissident A cyber-dissident is a professional journalist, an activist or citizen journalist who posts news, information, or commentary on the internet that implies criticism of a government or regime. The practice of cyber-dissidence may have been inaugu ...
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International Freedom of Expression Exchange IFEX, formerly International Freedom of Expression Exchange, is a global network of 124 independent non-governmental organisations that work at a local, national, regional, or international level to defend and promote freedom of expression as a ...
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Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...


References


Sources



Independent Chinese pen writers, writers in prison.

Cai Lujun, Imprisoned for Posting Internet Articles, Released at End of Sentence

Chinese Cyberdissident Cai Lujun on Freedom (CNNiReport)

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