Du Bin Explained

Du Bin
杜斌
Birth Date:1972
Birth Place:Shandong
Occupation:Photojournalist
Nationality:Chinese

Du Bin (; born 1972)[1] is a Chinese journalist, photographer, poet and documentary film-maker.[2] Self-taught in photography, Du has worked as a contract photographer for The New York Times since 2011, and has also been published in the International Herald Tribune, Time, and the Guardian.[3] He is originally from Tancheng, Shandong, China, and is based in Beijing.[4] Du was detained by Beijing authorities in June 2013 after releasing a feature-length documentary about the Masanjia Labor Camp.

Notable works

Du wrote the first biography of the artist Ai Weiwei, called God Ai (Chinese: 艾神).[5]

In 2013 he released Above the Ghosts' Head: The Women of Masanjia Labour Camp (Chinese: 小鬼頭上的女人), a documentary on torture and other abuses in China's Masanjia Labor Camp. The film was banned in mainland China, but was shown at least once in Hong Kong and Taiwan,[6] and then posted online.[7] He also had a 600-page book on the 1989 military crackdown published, called Tiananmen Square Massacre (Chinese: 天安門屠殺). The book, which compiles a number of already published accounts of 4 June crackdown, was published in late May by Mirror Books.[7]

2013 detention

On 1 June 2013, soon after the release of the book and the film, Du Bin was detained by state security agents in Beijing.[8] [9] [10] [11] Friends say that they found two unsigned police warrants in his home for "disturbing public order." Under Chinese administrative statutes, police could use the charge to hold Du for up to 15 days, after which he should either be released, sent to a re-education through labor camp, or formally charged with a crime.[7] As of 13 June, Du was still being held at the Fengtai District detention center.[12] Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders called for his release.[2] [6]

Du Bin was released on bail on 8 July 2013, but his freedom is tenuous.[13] [14] He could still face formal charges for "picking quarrels and making trouble," and he expects that his movements will be monitored. The Chinese government has censored his name from Sina Weibo.[15]

2020 detention

Du Bin was detained in December 2020. He was charged with "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" and is being held at a detention centre in Daxing District. His family had been warned not to speak to the media. He was detained a month before his book on Vladimir Lenin was due to be released.[16] [17] The Committee to Protect Journalists have called for his release.[18]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: 上訪者 : 中國以法治國下倖存的活化石. Worldcat. 133020382.
  2. News: China detains photographer who exposed labour camp abuses. 17 June 2013. Amnesty International. 14 June 2013.
  3. Web site: 天安門屠殺. https://archive.today/20130620051735/http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/booksfile.php?item=0010587728. dead. 20 June 2013. 16 June 2013.
  4. Web site: 小鬼頭上的女人 The Women of Masanjia Labour Camp . 16 June 2013.
  5. Web site: 第一本艾未未传《艾神》面世 北京媒体人杜斌撰写. 16 June 2013.
  6. News: Fung. Yat-yiu. Masanjia Filmmaker Held in Beijing Over 'Illegal Publishing'. 17 June 2013. Radio Free Asia. 11 June 2013.
  7. News: Wong. Edward. Journalist Held in Beijing, Friends Say. 17 June 2013. The New York Times. 12 June 2013.
  8. News: Wong. Gillian. China detains journalist who covered labor abuse. 17 June 2013. Associated Press. 12 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045243/http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_23448567/china-detains-journalist-who-covered-labor-abuse. 4 March 2016.
  9. News: 齐勇明. 《天安门屠杀》一书作者杜斌被警方拘押. 17 June 2013. VOA. 9 June 2013.
  10. News: China detains journalist and photographer Du Bin. 17 June 2013. BBC. 13 June 2013.
  11. News: Mckenzie. David. Group: China's secret police detains documentary-maker. 17 June 2013. CNN. 14 June 2013.
  12. News: China detains journalist and photographer Du Bin . 5 January 2021 . BBC News . 13 June 2013.
  13. News: Beech. Hannah. An Airport Bomber in China Becomes an Unlikely Recipient of Online Sympathy. 24 July 2013. Time. 23 July 2013.
  14. News: Jacobs. Andrew. Chinese Journalist Is Released on Bail. 10 July 2013. The New York Times. 8 July 2013.
  15. News: Chinese journalist released but restrictions remain. 11 July 2013. Committee to Protect Journalists. 11 July 2013.
  16. News: Chinese filmmaker Du Bin detained in Beijing before Taiwan book launch . 20 December 2020 . South China Morning Post . 18 December 2020 . en.
  17. News: Qin . Amy . Chinese Journalist Who Documented Communist History Is Detained in Beijing . 20 December 2020 . The New York Times . 18 December 2020.
  18. Web site: Chinese filmmaker and photographer Du Bin detained by police . Committee to Protect Journalists . 18 December 2020.

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