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Qin Yongpei is a Guangxi rights lawyer whose license was revoked before he founded a support network for disbarred lawyers. He was convicted of inciting subversion and sentenced in 2023 to five years plus three years deprivation of political rights; reporting states he was released on 31 October 2024.
709 / rights-defense reconciliation update — 2026-09-14
Current-status evidence: RELEASED 2024-10-31 after five-year sentence; three-year deprivation of political rights was part of sentence
Qin Yongpei is a Guangxi rights lawyer whose license was revoked before he founded a support network for disbarred lawyers. He was convicted of inciting subversion and sentenced in 2023 to five years plus three years deprivation of political rights; reporting states he was released on 31 October 2024.
Source: verified/corroborating record.
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Current-status update — September 14, 2026
Status: Released on October 31, 2024 after completing the five-year prison term; not currently classified as imprisoned. Front Line Defenders and PEN independently corroborate the actual release.
The sentence also included three years’ deprivation of political rights. The exact current implementation and other post-release restrictions remain under verification and are not inferred from the sentence alone.