Ou Daoqi (欧道齐) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive collects the publicly available reporting on the detention of Ou Daoqi (欧道齐), a Changsha netizen detained in May 2019 after criticizing Xi Jinping in a WeChat group. New material will be added as it is found.
What is documented
- On May 7, 2019, Changsha police criminally detained netizen Ou Daoqi (欧道齐) on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”
- On April 29, 2019, he had written a one-sentence criticism of Xi Jinping in a WeChat group.
- The detention was part of the pre-emptive suppression sweep ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown.
- Police threatened his family not to publicize the detention; it became public only in late May 2019.
- As of July 2019, his location was unknown. No trial, sentence, or release has been reported since.
Key sources
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders, “Suppression Ahead of 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre,” May 30, 2019 (updated July 9, 2019): https://www.nchrd.org/2019/05/suppression-ahead-of-30th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-massacre/
- Mirror of the same CHRD report: https://democracychronicles.org/suppression-ahead-of-30th-anniversary-of-tiananmen-massacre/
Gaps in the record
No reporting has been found on Mr. Ou’s case after July 2019 — no formal arrest notice, trial, sentence, or release announcement. If you have information about this case, please contact the site.
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