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According to the rights defender, Wang Jianbing and independent reporter Huang Xueqin were arrested. Their families have received “arrest notices” issued by the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau. The notice stated that they were arrested by the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” and are currently being held in the Guangzhou No. 1 Detention Center.
According to a report by the Rights Defence Network on November 5: After Wang Jianbing and Huang Xueqin were forcibly arrested by the police on September 19, 2021, the Guangzhou police refused to notify the family members of any procedural information about the case on the grounds of national security, and refused to let the family members. Entered the house where Wang Jianbing was robbed and packed up his belongings, and asked his family members to remain silent on the case. They also refused the lawyer’s application for interview on the grounds of identity verification.
This is the first time Wang Jianbing’s family has been informed of his involvement 47 days after his disappearance. Wang Jianbin’s relatives and friends tried to send money to the detention center where he was held online, but failed.
According to this website, Wang Jianbing was born in 1983, a native of Tianshui, Gansu, and an independent public welfare worker. After graduating from university in 2005, he joined the Beijing Western Sunshine Rural Development Fund to engage in rural development and start a long-term charity career focusing on youth education and growth.
He served as the director of the rural education project of the Western Sunshine Foundation for 5 years. In 2014, he joined the Guangzhou Gongming Social Organization Development Center. He was responsible for the director and coordinator of the youth growth project and the disabled community empowerment project, and supported and initiated related community projects.
In 2018, Wang Jianbing began to pay attention to the rights advocacy and service work of workers with occupational diseases, and provided them with necessary legal support. In addition, Wang Jianbing is also an important supporter of the #MeToo movement within the Chinese Wall.
Huang Xueqin was born in 1988 and is an independent journalist. He used to be an investigative reporter for “New Express” and “Southern Capital Weekly”. She pays attention to issues such as gender, equal rights, official corruption, corporate pollution, and vulnerable groups. She has also participated in reports on many #MeToo cases and provided help and support to victims of sexual assault and harassment.
Huang Xueqin originally planned to go to the University of Hong Kong to study for a Master of Laws in 2019, but was detained by the Guangzhou police on October 17, 2019 for the crime of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles”. Later, he was changed to designated residence under residential surveillance and was released on bail on January 17, 2020. . This year, Huang Xueqin was supported by the Chevening Scholarship in the United Kingdom, and originally planned to go to the University of Sussex to study for a master’s degree in development on September 20.
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