This archive preserves the media and documentary record for Chen Xueyuan （陈学远）, the Jimo farmer and rights-defense citizen detained in January 2023 after publishing short videos exposing alleged corruption tied to highway construction in his village.
Source record 1 — detention and arrest report (Chinese)
- Outlet: 维权网 (Weiquanwang / Rights Defense Network), information-center report, published via the network’s official blog.
- Title: 青岛即墨农民反腐英雄陈学远被以寻衅滋事罪名逮捕 广大村民联名抗议 (“Jimo farmer anti-corruption hero Chen Xueyuan arrested on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble; villagers sign joint protest”).
- Date: September 1, 2023.
- URL: wqw2010.blogspot.com.
- What it establishes: identifies Chen by name, village （即墨区灵山街道东洼里后村）, the “即墨老陈” nickname, his Douyin account （北京26环， 47,000 followers), and his anti-corruption video campaign; reports his detention by the Jimo public-security branch at the end of January 2023, the refusal of the lawyer’s request to change the compulsory measure, the March 21, 2023 arrest notice on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, detention at the Jimo Detention Center, the Longqing Expressway allegations, and the villagers’ joint petition. Provenance: established independent Chinese-language rights media.
Source record 2 — prisoner-database record (Chinese/English)
- Outlet: CHRD prisoner database (tenchu.org), a monitoring-organization political-prisoner database.
- Record: 姓名 陈学远， Name “Chen Xueyuan,” born 1963.5.13, male; taken January 2023; charge 寻衅滋事罪； sentence 1 year 6 months; held at 青岛市即墨看守所； release field 2024; biographical note matching the 维权网 account (Douyin videos, expressway allegations, villager petition), stating he was sentenced to 1 year 6 months and has been released. Entry dated 2023-10-04.
- What it establishes: the only source found giving the Chinese-character name, sentence length, and reported release. Provenance: recognized monitoring organization; the sentencing and release claims are single-source (CHRD) — recorded as such.
Source record 3 — roster placement (English/Chinese)
- Outlet: Rights Defense Network / 维权网， Issue 131, dated August 31, 2026.
- What it establishes: places Chen Xueyuan on its roster of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, classified as currently in custody. Note: conflicts with the CHRD record’s release statement; the conflict is documented on the person page and remains unresolved.
Records considered but excluded
- beijingspring.com/bj2/ (listed among CHRD’s source links): resolves to a forum front page with no case-specific content — weak match, not cited as a case record.
- jrzy.online/index.php/product/4353 (listed among CHRD’s source links): unreachable — broken, not cited.
- Web searches for later coverage of the trial, sentencing, or release returned only name-similarity noise (an unrelated anti-fraud streamer, unrelated criminal cases) — no additional records found.
Evidentiary limitations
- No court document, verdict, or official procedural record for the case has been located.
- The sentencing (1 year 6 months) and release (2024) are attested only by the CHRD record; no independent corroboration was found.
- The roster’s “currently in custody” classification (August 2026) conflicts with CHRD’s release statement; unresolved.
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