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Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

Gao Zhen, a prominent Chinese artist known for provocative sculptures of the former leader Mao Zedong, has been sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of slandering China’s “heroes and martyrs”. The sentencing came two years after he was detained while visiting the country with his family, (read more…)

Chinese dissident artist jailed for 3 years over Mao sculptures, family and rights group say

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

BEIJING, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of former leader Mao Zedong, was handed the maximum three-year sentence for “defaming national heroes and martyrs” by a Chinese court on Tuesday, his wife and a rights group said.

Chinese Artist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Mao Sculptures

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced a prominent New York-based artist, Gao Zhen, to three years in prison for making irreverent sculptures of Mao Zedong more than 15 years ago, according to his wife.

Artista chinês que satiriza Mao Tsé-Tung é condenado à prisão por atentar contra ‘honra de heróis’ nacionais; entenda

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

A Justiça da China condenou nesta terça-feira o artista Gao Zhen, de 70 anos, a três anos de prisão por atentar contra a “honra de heróis e mártires” nacionais, informou a organização Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD). Conhecido por esculturas que satirizam o ex-líder Mao Tsé-Tung, o artista estava detido (read more…)

China sentences artist Gao Zhen to 3 years’ jail for ‘insulting heroes’, says rights group

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

BEIJING – China sentenced a prominent artist whose works criticised former leader Mao Zedong to three years in prison on Aug 25 for “insulting heroes”, a rights group said.

US-based artist jailed in China for three years over sculptures mocking Mao

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

A three-year prison sentence was handed down to Chinese artist Gao Zhen on Tuesday after he was convicted of “infringing upon the reputation of heroes” for creating satirical artwork, including sculptures depicting China’s former leader Mao Zedong.

Chinese artist is sentenced to 3 years in prison over satirical Mao artworks

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

BANGKOK — Chinese artist Gao Zhen was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for “infringing upon the reputation of heroes” through his satirical works of art, including statues of China’s former leader Mao Zedong.

China Sentences Dissident Artist Gao Zhen To Three Years Over Satirical Mao Sculptures

August 25, 2026 Comments Off

Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen has been sentenced to three years in prison over artworks satirising former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, drawing condemnation from his family and human rights groups and renewed concerns over artistic freedom in China

How China turned the ‘war on terror’ against the Uyghurs

August 20, 2026 Comments Off

China recently passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which took effect July 1, 2026. The U.S.-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders said that, rather than promoting unity as Chinese authorities claim, the law reinforces restrictions on “freedoms of language, education, practice of religion, culture, expression and assembly,” citing Volker (read more…)

China: Case of Activist Forcibly Disappeared Passes Grim Milestone

August 12, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders—August 12, 2026) Chinese authorities should immediately clarify the legal status of human rights defender Yin Xu’an and release him unconditionally. On August 11, 2025, authorities forcibly seized Yin from a stretcher outside a Beijing apartment as he was being rushed to hospital for urgent (read more…)

UN Body Finds China’s Detention of Programmer “Arbitrary”

July 30, 2026 Comments Off

(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 30, 2026) – CHRD welcomes the adoption of an opinion by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) that found the Chinese government’s imprisonment of computer programmer Niu Tengyu to be arbitrary, in violation of his rights to liberty, a fair (read more…)

A New – and Old – China Human Rights Agenda at the United Nations

July 29, 2026 Comments Off

Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has won re-election to hold that post for another four years. Several governments objected to the process; 144 others, including China, voted in support of a second term for him.