1989
Ji Kunxing
Ji was tried in Kunming in September 1989 on charges of fomenting a counterrevolutionary plot. He and the following three journalists had published an underground magazine called Pioneers, circulated anti-government leaflets, and put up anti-government posters.
1989
Shang Jingzhong
Shang was tried in Kunming in September 1989 on charges of fomenting a counterrevolutionary plot. He had helped publish the underground magazine Pioneers.
1989
Shi Ying
Shi was tried in Kunming in September 1989 on charges of fomenting a counterrevolutionary plot. He had helped publish the underground magazine Pioneers.
1989
Yu Anmin
Yu was tried in Kunming in September 1989 on charges of fomenting a counterrevolutionary plot. He had helped publish the underground magazine Pioneers.
1989
Jin Naiyi
Jin, who worked for Beijing Daily, was arrested sometime after June 4, 1989.
1989
Li Jian
Li, a journalist with Literature and Arts News, was arrested in July 1989.
1989
Ren Wanding
Ren, a former Democracy Wall journalist who founded the underground publication China Human Rights League, supported the 1989 student democracy movement in speeches and articles calling for freedom of expression. He was arrested June 9, 1989 and sentenced on January 26, 1991 to seven years in prison and three years' subsequent deprivation of political rights. He previously spent four years in prison. Currently being held in Beijing Prison No. 2. Ren has untreated cataracts and may lose his eyesight. He is also reported to be in poor general health.
1989
Wu Xuecan
Wu, an editor in charge of People's Daily overseas edition, was arrested in December 1989 and went on trial December 28, 1991. In May 1989, he had produced a special edition of the newspaper that supported Zhao Ziyang, the party leader later ousted for being soft on student demonstrators. On February 25, 1992, Wu was sentenced by the Beijing People's Intermediate Court to four years in prison for "spreading counterrevolutionary propaganda."