A rights group called for the immediate release of jailed Chinese artist Gao Zhen, whose works criticised former leader Mao Zedong, as his trial began on March 30. The US-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said 69-year-old Gao, who is accused of slandering China’s heroes, was tried behind closed doors (read more…)
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Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen (高兟), famous for making provocative satirical sculptures of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong (毛澤東), was tried on Monday over accusations of “defaming national heroes and martyrs,” his wife and a rights group said.
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Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, renowned for his provocative satirical sculptures of former leader Mao Zedong, faced trial on Monday over accusations of “defaming national heroes and martyrs,” a human rights group has reported.
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The Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of China’s former leader Mao Zedong, has been tried over accusations of “defaming national heroes and martyrs”, his wife and a rights group have said. Gao, 69, who was detained in 2024 during a visit to China from the US, faces a (read more…)
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According to the organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders, which called for his release, this procedure raises numerous questions. The artist, who has lived in the United States since 2022, is being targeted in particular for several works created with his brother, which offer a veiled representation of Mao Zedong. According (read more…)
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The US-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said 69-year-old Gao, who is accused of slandering China’s heroes, was tried behind closed doors at a court in the northern city of Sanhe, though no verdict has yet been announced.
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3月30日，中國藝術家高兟在河北省三河市法院出庭受審，他被指控犯有「侵害英烈名譽罪」。中國人權捍衛者組織對此次不公開庭審提出了強烈抨擊，認為這違反了法不追溯既往原則。高兟諷刺毛澤東的藝術作品創作於近20年前，但是「侵害英烈名譽罪」在2021年才被納入中國刑法。
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Gao Zhen, who emigrated to the United States years ago, was arrested during a visit to China and now faces up to three years in prison for artwork.
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…… Pero la ONG Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) denunció recientemente que los cambios legales introducidos en China eliminan disposiciones que permitían utilizar lenguas minoritarias como idioma de enseñanza en las escuelas y consolidan una tendencia a sustituirlas por el mandarín como lengua principal de instrucción.
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Sixty-seven years after the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, Tibetans across the world continue to march, protest and speak out to keep their cause alive. But activists and rights advocates warn that global awareness of conditions inside Tibet remains limited, even as concerns grow over cultural erasure, language restrictions and tightening control (read more…)
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…… La ONG Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) denunció en febrero que recientes cambios legales en China eliminan disposiciones que permitían utilizar lenguas minoritarias como idioma de enseñanza en las escuelas y consolidan una tendencia a sustituirlas por el mandarín como lengua principal de instrucción.
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Washington DC [US], February 25 (ANI): Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) has joined Chinese Human Rights Defenders and 24 other civil society organisations in urging Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to use his February 27 speech before the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to outline (read more…)
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