Shandong Zaozhuang rights activist Zhang Chao (Dharma name Shi Daoguo) was criminally detained after taking photos at Tiananmen on June 4, attaching a poem of mourning, and posting them to his WeChat Moments

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On June 7, 2026, this website learned that Zhang Chao (Dharma name Shi Daoguo), a rights activist from Zaozhuang, Shandong, went to the area outside the fences around Tiananmen Square on June 4, took photos, attached a poem of mourning, and posted them to his WeChat Moments (which was blocked shortly afterward). In the early hours of June 5, he was taken away from Beijing by domestic security police led by officers from Zaozhuang, Shandong. It has now been confirmed that he was criminally detained by the Shanting Branch of the Zaozhuang Municipal Public Security Bureau and is being held at the Zaozhuang No. 1 Detention Center (Yuelou Village, Shizhong District, Zaozhuang City), postal code 277102, telephone 0632-3657450.

Zhang Chao: Male, born in 1970, Dharma name Shi Daoguo, a rights activist from Zaozhuang, Shandong. He became politically aware while working in Beijing in his early years and has spent many years promoting the ideas of online democracy. In 2014, he was detained for 37 days for sending warnings about the arrest and pursuit of rights activists in Beijing. He later shaved his head, became a monk, and traveled throughout the country. While practicing and studying Buddhism, he nevertheless continued to promote online enlightenment and assist fellow activists in distress, with the result that he was expelled from every temple where he stayed. On July 24, 2019, Zhang Chao was arrested by the Shanting Branch of the Zaozhuang Municipal Public Security Bureau and was subsequently criminally detained on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble.

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