A profile of Zuo Xiaohuan (左晓环), a Sichuan rights activist, written by fellow activist Huang Xiaoming. Zuo was detained by the Mianyang Municipal Public Security Bureau on May 28, 2010, and formally arrested on November 19, 2010, both on suspicion of under suspicion of inciting subversion of state power. Eighteen months later, he remains in custody awaiting trial. Huang himself was released in August 2011, after serving two-and-a-half years for gathering a crowd to disturb social order.
Prior to his detention, Zuo was a volunteer with Tianwang Human Rights Center and participated in relief efforts for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake organized by Sichuan activist Huang Qi (黄琦). Huang, who runs Tianwang, was released in June 2011 after serving a three-year sentence for illegal possession of state secrets.
