CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-532014
Bao Tong: Post-Tiananmen Sentence and Restrictions After Prison
Date
1989-05
Location
Beijing
Event Type
Detention · Trial · Sentencing · Surveillance
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-532014
Summary
HRW’s 1992 briefing dates his detention to May 28, 1989 and describes more than three years before trial, much of it incommunicado. It reports proceedings lasting less than six hours.[1]
Description
HRW’s 1992 briefing dates his detention to May 28, 1989 and describes more than three years before trial, much of it incommunicado. It reports proceedings lasting less than six hours.[1]
Appendix I reproduces an English translation of the July 21, 1992 judgment: four years for disclosure of an important state secret and five for counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement, combined into seven, plus two years’ deprivation of political rights.[3]
Amnesty’s 1997 update records the end of a period of house arrest on April 26, conditional on family relocation, with political-rights restrictions continuing.[2]
Developments
Taken into custody
Sentenced to seven years
The Beijing intermediate court imposed seven years on July 21. The report’s translated judgment lists four years for disclosure and five for counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement, combined into seven, plus political-rights deprivation. The report also challenges defense preparation and family access.[1][3]
Subsequent house-arrest stage ends
Amnesty records the end of a post-prison period of house arrest, conditional on the family relocating from its former home. Political-rights restrictions continued.[2]
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-146054Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Body: 1989 detention, July 1992 trial, seven-year sentence and defense procedure.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-750867Amnesty International
Evidence location: Summary: release from the subsequent house-arrest stage on April 26, 1997.
- [3]
CNHRA-S-372258Asia Watch / Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: PDF pp. 1–4 report; pp. 5–6 Appendix I, translated July 21, 1992 judgment; p. 7 Six-Point Statement.