CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-693454
Chen Guangcheng: Post-prison House Restrictions and Escape in 2012
Date
2010-09
Location
Linyi, Shandong, China
Event Type
Surveillance · Travel Restriction
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Freedom of Movement · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-693454
Summary
Description
Police returned Chen home on completion of his sentence on September 9, 2010. CECC’s annual report records surveillance at the house and village entrance and continuing restrictions on family members.[1]
A 2012 UN communication records his reported escape on April 22. On May 15, Special Procedures sent urgent appeal CHN 4/2012 concerning reported threats and detention affecting relatives and people who helped him.[2]
On May 19, 2012, Chen and his family arrived in New York, where New York University offered him a visiting position. The Bush Center’s oral-history page and editorial biography recount his move to the United States after escaping confinement.[4]
Developments
Leaves prison; restrictions continue
After completing his sentence, Chen was escorted home by police; surveillance continued at the house and village entrance.[1]
Escapes home confinement
The 2012 Special Procedures communication records his reported escape from the monitored home that day.[2]
Joint urgent appeal
UN Special Procedures sent urgent appeal CHN 4/2012 concerning reported threats and detention affecting relatives and people who helped him.[2]
Arrives in the United States
Chen and his family arrived in New York, where New York University offered him a visiting position. The Bush Center’s editorial biography records the arrival date.[4]
Participates in 709 anniversary symposium
The university’s event record places him on the legal institutions panel at Capitol Hill.[3]
Related People
Organizations
No organizations have been added.
Documents
Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-385810Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Evidence location: Access to Justice / Chen Guangcheng and endnotes 66–77.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-725079United Nations
Evidence location: Table entry CHN 4/2012, May 15, 2012: Chen Guangcheng, relatives and supporters.
- [3]
CNHRA-S-641592Catholic University of America
Evidence location: July 8, 2025 Capitol Hill symposium: Chen participated in the legal institutions panel.
- [4]
CNHRA-S-872617George W. Bush Presidential Center
Evidence location: Transcript and editorial biography: 1996 tax petition and 2012 arrival in the US.