CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-976951
Ni Yulan: Detention, Appeal and Release, 2011–2013
Date
2011-04-07
Location
Beijing
Event Type
Sentencing · Release
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-976951
Summary
CHRD records detention on April 7, 2011, arrest on May 17 and trial in December. The thirty-two-month sentence on April 10, 2012 was reduced to thirty months on July 27 when the appeal court dismissed the fraud charge. Dong received two years.[1]
Description
CHRD records detention on April 7, 2011, arrest on May 17 and trial in December. The thirty-two-month sentence on April 10, 2012 was reduced to thirty months on July 27 when the appeal court dismissed the fraud charge. Dong received two years.[1]
Dong left prison in April 2013; Ni completed her term on October 5. Organizations reported recovery needs and earlier unsuccessful medical-release requests.[1][2]
Developments
Detained with her husband
Ni and Dong were detained in Beijing and formally arrested on May 17. The case profile links the case to guesthouse disputes and advocacy and records a later fraud allegation.[1]
Initial sentence of two years eight months
Fraud conviction dismissed and term reduced on appeal
The appeal court dismissed the fraud charge and reduced the total from thirty-two to thirty months.[1]
Related People
Organizations
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Documents
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-912914Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Evidence location: Background: demolition, disability, 2012 case and October 5, 2013 release.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-945073Amnesty International UK
Evidence location: Body and 2013 update: filming demolition in 2002, 2012 sentence and release.