CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-507331
Wang Youcai: 1998 Sentence and Medical Parole in 2004
Date
1998-12 — 2004
Location
Hangzhou, Zhejiang (1998 case); Beijing (earlier case)
Event Type
Sentencing · Medical Parole · Release
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-507331
Summary
HRW dates Wang’s detention and return to Beijing to August 19, 1989, followed by conviction over the movement. A further eleven-year sentence over party activity followed in December 1998.[1]
Description
HRW dates Wang’s detention and return to Beijing to August 19, 1989, followed by conviction over the movement. A further eleven-year sentence over party activity followed in December 1998.[1]
Wang received medical parole and left for the US in 2004. HRW gives May and the Independent Chinese PEN Center March.[1][2]
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-745070Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Profile: student organizing, eleven-year sentence in 1998, medical parole in 2004; discrepant formation year and release month are not adopted.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-007217Independent Chinese PEN Center
Evidence location: Detention, 1998 sentence and 2004 release fields; month differs from HRW.