Ouyang Yi (born 28 June 1968) is a former high-school teacher, one of the managers of a pro-democracy web site, and a member of the

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Biography

Ouyang was born in

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Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

. He graduated from Chuanbei College of Education (川北教育学院), Sichuan Province, and was a middle school teacher in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

. He was a pro-democracy activist since the late 1980s. He was one of the managers of the web site, www.5633.com, set up in July 2002, and a member of the

, an organization banned by in the

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Imprisonment

Ouyang was reportedly taken into custody on 4 December 2002, for the fifth time in six years, by members of the security police who searched his home and confiscated a number of documents. He was held at the Chengdu detention centre, Sichuan Province. On 7 January 2003, Ouyang was formally charged by the

Public Security Bureau A Public Security Bureau (PSB) () of a city or county, or Public Security Department (PSD) () of a province or autonomous region, in the People's Republic of China refers to a government office essentially acting as a police station or a local ...

with "inciting the overthrow of the State power" under article 105 of the Chinese Criminal code as amended in March 1997. An intermediate people’s court in Chengdu in the south-west sentenced him on 16 March 2004 to two years in prison.

Release

He was released on 4 December 2004, but is prohibited from publishing for two years and will be under close police supervision.

External links

Ouyang Yi sentenced to jail
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References

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