CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-104097
Wang Dan: First Conviction after the 1989 Movement and Parole
Date
1989
Location
Beijing, China
Event Type
Detention · Trial · Sentencing · Release
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-104097
Summary
Description
Wang participated in the 1989 Beijing student movement while studying history at Peking University. Detained after the crackdown, he received four years and one year’s deprivation of political rights in January 1991 on counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement charges.[1][2]
Asia Watch’s 1991 report lists his sentence among Beijing political trials. Paroled in February 1993, he resumed public writing and petitions. The prosecution beginning in 1995 is recorded separately.[2][1]
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-809000Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Sections II (Background), III (Due Process Violations), and VII Appendix I(a), indictment translation; formal arrest is October 4 in the body and October 3 in the appendix.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-949769Asia Watch / Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Page 1, footnote 1: Wang Dan’s four-year sentence; analysis of trial-observation rules.