CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-136707
Huang Qi: Detention in 2000, Five-Year Sentence and Opinion No. 15/2004
Date
2000-06-05
Location
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Event Type
Detention · Trial · Sentencing
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of the Press · Freedom of Expression · Right to a Fair Trial · Right to Health
Record ID
CNHRA-E-136707
Summary
Huang was detained over online publication in 2000 and sentenced to five years in 2003. The UN Working Group found the examined detention arbitrary under category II in 2004.[2]
Description
Huang published rights-related information through 64 Tianwang and was detained on June 5, 2000. Opinion No. 15/2004 records the source’s account and China’s response concerning custody, lawyer access and treatment.[2]
Chengdu Intermediate Court imposed five years on May 9, 2003. China informed the Working Group that Sichuan High Court upheld it on August 7. On September 15, 2004, the Working Group found category II arbitrary detention in violation of freedom of expression.[2]
Developments
Detained in an earlier internet-publication case
Both the source account and government reply reproduced in Opinion No. 15/2004 give June 5. They disagree over the warrant, access to counsel and treatment.[2]
Five-year sentence in the earlier case
Paragraphs 9 and 11 of the opinion both record a five-year sentence at Chengdu Intermediate Court on May 9.[2]
Government reply records appeal dismissal
Paragraph 11(g) attributes to the government the Sichuan High People’s Court’s decision upholding the sentence.[2]
Opinion No. 15/2004 adopted
Paragraph 15 finds category II arbitrary detention in violation of freedom of expression. This concerns the earlier case and is distinct from the 2019 proceedings.[2]
Related People
Organizations
No organizations have been added.
Documents
Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-532776Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Opening paragraphs: Chengdu sentence on 23 November 2009 and earthquake-school investigations.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-843054United Nations / University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Evidence location: Paragraphs 6–15: government response, May 9, 2003 sentence and arbitrary-detention finding; university reproduction.