CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-312273
Liu Binyan: Political Purges, Journalism and Exile
Date
1957
Location
China; New Jersey, U.S. (exile)
Event Type
Censorship
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Freedom of the Press
Record ID
CNHRA-E-312273
Summary
Liu faced renewed political punishment in 1987 and left for the US in 1988. RSF reports that he was not allowed to return, including refusal of a late-life request to spend his final days in China.[1]
Description
Liu faced renewed political punishment in 1987 and left for the US in 1988. RSF reports that he was not allowed to return, including refusal of a late-life request to spend his final days in China.[1]
Liu died in New Jersey on December 5, 2005. RSF’s tribute the following day criticized restrictions on reporting his death in China.[1]
Developments
Labeled a Rightist
Purged again
RSF recounts renewed political punishment, including Party expulsion, during the anti-liberalization campaign after Liu’s continuing investigations of poverty and abuses of power.[1]
Leaves China
RSF records Liu’s departure for the US and continued writing abroad after June 1989. His late-life request to return to China was refused.[1]
Related People
Organizations
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Documents
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-675397Reporters Without Borders
Evidence location: Body: journalism, political punishment, 1988 departure and death in 2005.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-409509Nieman Reports
Evidence location: End Note: memorial article on Liu Binyan.