Zhang Dezhen - 张德珍

Chinese name:
张德珍
Gender:
Female
Age:
38
City:
Mengyin County
Province:
Shandong
Occupation:
Date of Death:
2003-01-31
Date of Most Recent Arrest:
2002-09-19
Most recent place of detention:
Mengyin County Detention Center
Case Description:
Ms. Zhang Dezhen, 38, was a biology teacher employed by the Mengyin County Sixth High School (also called the Jiuzhai High School). On September 19, 2002, she was once again arrested and detained in Mengyin County Detention Center. She went on hunger strike to protest, and was force-fed in the Mengyin County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital multiple times. On January 31, 2003, Chinese New Year Eve, she died after an injection of an unknown drug.
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