Biography

The Chinese authorities arrested him in 2003 for writing articles online advocating democracy and respect for human rights

Human Rights in China

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. He was sentenced the following year to three years in prison, suspended

Suspended sentence

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 for four years. In 2008 Du was ordered to serve the rest of his sentence in prison possibly due to the world attention the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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 would bring to China. Du was released from prison in 2010.

Du v. Cisco

In June 2011, Du Daobin, along with Zhou Yuanzhi and Liu Xianbin

Liu Xianbin

Liu Xianbin , from Suining, Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, is a human rights activist, China Democracy Party organizer, writer and signer of Charter 08.- Biography :...

, filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland

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 against Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems

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 and a number of Cisco executives with allegations of "their knowing and willful aiding and abetting of the Chinese Communist Party's harassment, arrest, and torture of Chinese political activists" . Cisco responded to the lawsuit in a blog post June 6, 2011.
On August 3, 2011 Di was detained by Chinese police and interrogated by senior officials from China's Ministry of Public Security

Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China

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. Du's interrogators first warned him about his Internet activity and then demanded information about his role in "Du v. Cisco", including the names of his American and Chinese contacts.

External links

• Who is Du Daobin?
• Legal Complaint, Du Daobin et al v Cisco, from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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