CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-134060
Xu Wenli: China Democracy Party Case and Release in 2002
Date
1998-12 — 2002-12-24
Location
Beijing (trial); United States (after release)
Event Type
Sentencing · Release · Medical Parole
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-134060
Summary
HRW records Xu’s detention in April 1981 and parole in May 1993. In December 1998 he received thirteen years over China Democracy Party activity.[1]
Description
HRW records Xu’s detention in April 1981 and parole in May 1993. In December 1998 he received thirteen years over China Democracy Party activity.[1]
Xu was released and left for the US on December 24, 2002. HRW welcomed release, criticized exile as its price and called for the release of other party organizers including Wang Youcai and Qin Yongmin.[1]
Developments
Thirteen-year sentence in party-organizing case
HRW records a thirteen-year sentence for China Democracy Party organizing, alongside heavy terms for Wang Youcai, Qin Yongmin and others in the same period.[1]
Released into exile in the US
Xu was released and left for the US. HRW welcomed release, criticized exile as its price and called for the release of other party organizers.[1]
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-333540Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Body: April Fifth Forum, 1981–1993 imprisonment, 1998 sentence and 2002 release into exile.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-815811Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: December 21–22 entry: Xu Wenli sentenced by Beijing No. 1 Intermediate Court; Wang Youcai in Hangzhou.