The Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) group told AFP news agency on Wednesday that Gao was sentenced to three years in prison – the maximum sentence for that crime – at Sanhe City Court in China’s northern Hebei province.
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据高兟妻子透露，中国一家法院周二判处这位已移居纽约的著名艺术家三年有期徒刑，理由是他曾在逾15年前创作了涉嫌亵渎毛泽东的雕塑。
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BEIJING—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.
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According to reports by AFP, AP, and Reuters on the 26th (local time), the US-based human rights organization Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) stated that Gao Zhen, 70, who was indicted on charges of defaming the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs, was sentenced to three years in prison (read more…)
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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.
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Gao’s supporters say the works predate the law under which he was prosecuted. Shane Yi, a researcher at Chinese Human Rights Defenders who has advocated for the artist, said Gao plans to appeal.
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A court in China has reportedly sentenced a dissident artist to three years in jail for sculptures which satirized former Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong.
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一家人權組織向法新社證實：中國藝術家高兟因創作針對中國前領導人毛澤東的諷刺性雕塑，被控“損害英雄烈士名譽和榮譽”，周二（8月25日）被判處三年有期徒刑。
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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…)
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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.
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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.
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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…)
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