Jiangsu Wuxi human rights defender Shen Aibin taken from home by Guangyi Police Station officers on August 4 for allegedly violating supervision and management regulations, whereabouts unknown since

（(Rights Defense Network Information Center report)）On August 5, 2026，this website learned： Jiangsu Wuxi human rights defender Shen Aibin was taken from his home by officers from the Guangyi Police Station at 11 a.m. on August 4 for allegedly violating supervision and management regulations，and there has been no word from him since。

Biography of Shen Aibin：Born on October 15, 1973，he is a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province，a military veteran，former captain of the Urban Management Brigade of the Wuxi Xishan District Urban Management Bureau，rights defender，and citizen journalist，who has repeatedly been detained and sentenced by the authorities for defending his rights。

On June 23, 2013，after joining Ding Hongfen、Shen Guodong and more than 20 others in rescuing petitioners illegally detained in a “black jail” at the local Dongjiao Hotel，and successfully rescuing five people in time（including an 82-year-old elderly woman），he was taken from his home by police from Wuxi’s Binhu District on June 26；on July 3，he was criminally detained by local police on suspicion of “the crime of gathering a crowd to disrupt social order”，and was subjected to torture to extract a confession；on August 6，he was formally arrested by police；after the Binhu District Procuratorate of Wuxi determined that there was insufficient evidence and returned the case twice for supplementary investigation，he was released on bail pending trial on March 18, 2014；on May 19, 2014, he was again criminally detained in connection with the “June 23, 2013 rescue of black-jail victims incident,” and held at the Wuxi No. 1 Detention Center，after which he was formally arrested on suspicion of “the crime of intentionally damaging property”；on November 27, 2014，he was sentenced to one year and six months in prison by the Binhu District Court of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, for the same offense；after completing his sentence and being released on March 12, 2015，he continued to defend his rights，while repeatedly suffering persecution by the authorities, including illegal surveillance、tracking、detention and summonses；on April 13, 2016，because of the mass detention of petitioners in Wuxi on April 13, he was again criminally detained for 37 days on suspicion of “the crime of intentional injury”，and was placed under residential surveillance immediately after his release；on August 23 of the same year, fearing that he would continue defending his rights during the G20 summit, Wuxi police administratively detained him for 10 days，and on September 2 of the same year, police continued his criminal detention on suspicion of “the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” after which he was formally arrested；on May 27, 2017，the Binhu District Court of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, sentenced him at first instance to two years and six months in prison for “the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble”；on January 23, 2019，he was released after completing his sentence；on June 24, 2021，he was again criminally detained by police from Wuxi’s Liangxi District on suspicion of “the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and was not released on bail until July 24 of the same year；

On March 6, 2022，he was again summoned and his home was searched by police from Wuxi’s Liangxi District，after which he was criminally detained on suspicion of “the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and held at the Wuxi No. 1 Detention Center；on April 5 of the same year，he was again placed under residential surveillance at a designated location by police from Yixing, Wuxi, on suspicion of the same offense；it was reported that his arrest this time may have been related to his attention to the abnormal death of Jiangyin petitioner Mao Lihui in a black jail after being intercepted while petitioning。On September 20, 2023，Shen Aibin was sentenced to three years in prison for picking quarrels and provoking trouble，and was released after completing his sentence on April 30, 2025。

On the afternoon of October 27, 2025，Jiangsu Wuxi rights activist Shen Aibin was violently beaten by police at the Dongting Police Station of the Xishan Branch of the Wuxi Municipal Public Security Bureau on the orders of the station’s deputy director Dai Feng（police ID No. 221928），and was diagnosed at a hospital with a fractured nasal bone and head injuries，after which he was hospitalized at Jiangnan University Affiliated Hospital in Wuxi。At 11 a.m. on October 31, 2025，Shen Aibin was again criminally detained by the Liangxi Branch of the Wuxi Municipal Public Security Bureau on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble，and his home was searched。He was immediately taken into custody at the Wuxi Detention Center。On the afternoon of November 30, Shen Aibin was released from the Wuxi Detention Center，after which the Liangxi Branch of the Wuxi Municipal Public Security Bureau imposed residential surveillance as a compulsory measure。

This website will continue to follow Shen Aibin’s situation。