Lawyers' Database
Bao Longjun
包龍軍
Working Location(s)
Inner Mongolia
Current Practice Status
Unable to practice
Practice Area(s)
Criminal Defence
Free of Speech
Religious Freedom
Petitioners Rights
Background
Bao Longjun is the husband of human rights lawyer Wang You, and is a human rights lawyer and activist. Whilst in detention, he was renamed “Bar Yuzhuo” (which comes from the names of his son Bao Zhuoxuan and his wife Wang You) to prevent family members from deposit money for him. This prevent his from being able to supplement the meagre nutrition he was receiving in detention, instead living of “prison rice” comprising white rice, water, scrambled eggs and steamed buns.
Crackdown
709 Crackdown
Timeline
- 2008: Began participating in human rights activities after his wife, Wang Yu was wrongly jailed.
- 3rd July, 2014: Acted as a citizen agent in the case of Liu Huizhen in Fangshan, Cheng Du. After protesting the security staff of Fangshan Court, he was detained and tortured by deprivation of food for 7.5 hours.
- 2015: Bao Longjun began interning in a legal firm, but after passing the interview, political factors intervened and he never received his license.
- 9th July 2015: Bao Longjun was placed under residential surveillance at a designated location (RSDL) for 6 months
- 8th January 2016: Bro Longjun was formally arrested on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power.
- 9th July 2015-5th August 2016: He was detained in Tianjin No. 2 Detention Center for more than 7 months.
Relevant Crime(s)
Inciting subversion of state power
Date of Arrest
10 July 2015
Date of Start of Detention
8 Jan 2016
Detention Location
Tianjin No. 2 Detention Centre
Current Location
Inner Mongolia
Current Detention Status
Granted bail but with restricted freedom
Torture / Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
2014 - He was deprived of Food for 7.5 Hours. 2015/16 - he was detained in total darkness unable to see the sun; he was forced to stand and was disciplined by guards frequently. He was fatigue interrogated over the course of a whole 24 hour day, which was divided into 5 separate shifts of interrogation, and he was not allowed to speak to anyone else except his interrogators.
List of Case(s) Represented
2014
Case of Ms. Liu Huizhen, a villager and victim of forced demolition in Fangshan, Beijing
2013
Case of Mr. Xu Xueming, a human rights activist in Jiangsu