On 19 July 2013, Mr. Yang Lin, a 45-year old pro-democracy activist, was arrested on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power" in southern Guangdong province. He is one of the signatories of "Charter 08' which is a manifesto signed by over 300 Chinese reformists, co-authored by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo. Mr. Yang Lin has criticized the one-party system and also called for disclosure of widespread corruption in China. On 8 August 2013, Mr. Yang Maodong, also known by his pen name Guo Feixiong, based in Guangzhou province, was arrested by the police, and has subsequently been detained in Tianhe District Detention on charges of "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public space". The family of Mr. Yang Maodong was only informed of his arrest on 17 August 2013, which is believed to be linked to his participation in a public protest in January 2013 to show support for the Southern Weekend, a Guangzhou newspaper which was struggling against censorship. Mr. Yang Maodong is a prominent human rights defender who spent five years in prison, in very difficult conditions, due to his human rights work. On 10 August 2013, Mr. Li Huaping, originally based in Hunan province, was taken into custody and has been held in police custody since. He was arrested in Changsha City for "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place," and believed to be in custody in Hefei in Anhui province where the detention notice was issued. However, it is currently unknown where he is being held as of the date of this communication. Mr. Li has written extensively online using his pseudonym and advocated for democracy, rule-of-law reforms, constitutionalism, and social justice. On 12 August 2013, Mr. Liu Jiacai, based in Hubei province, was arrested and detained on charges of "inciting subversion." It is alleged that this detention is viewed as retaliation for his role in gathering fellow activists for dinner parties where the issues of human rights and justice are discussed. Sources inform that Mr. Liu was arrested various times in the past on the same charges, and that he was also dismissed from his job in late 2012 due to his activism. He is currently being held at Yichang City No. 1 Detention Centre. UPDATE 11 May 2015: On 11 May 2015, a Chinese court in Yichang City, Hubei Province sentenced human rights defender Liu Jiacai to five years' imprisonment on charges of 'inciting subversion of state power.' Liu Jiacai had been awaiting sentencing since his trial on 23 July 2014. He had been formally arrested on 18 September 2013, after being 'criminally detained' on 12 August 2013. This followed the expiration of ten days' administrative detention ordered by the authorities in Yichang City on 2 August 2013, on grounds of 'disrupting public order' based on writings he had posted online. It is believed that the charge against him relates to Liu Jiacai's support of the New Citizen's Movement, a loose network of activists which has campaigned for greater transparency among Chinese Communist Party officials, greater equality within the education system, as well as for Constitutional government.