CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-145662
Zhang Lin: Case Following Protests over His Daughter’s Schooling
Date
2013-07-19
Location
Hefei, Anhui (schooling advocacy); Bengbu (trial and custody)
Event Type
Detention · Sentencing · Release
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-145662
Summary
Description
The profile records detention on July 19, 2013, arrest on August 22 and a three-and-a-half-year sentence in 2014 for disrupting public-place order. CHRD gives August 29 for sentencing and Front Line Defenders September 5.[1][2]
CHRD records two unsuccessful bail applications involving health and childcare, and family reports of eye problems and other illness.[1]
The profile’s later update records Zhang’s actual release on September 9, 2016 and relays earlier family expectations of release.[1]
Developments
Detained following schooling protests
Zhang was detained following his daughter’s exclusion from school and associated solidarity actions. CHRD connects the case to assembly and civic advocacy and records unsuccessful bail requests involving health and childcare.[1]
Sentenced to three and a half years
Released
The profile records release on this day and earlier family expectations of release. It had also reported health concerns and bail applications.[1]
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-545862Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Evidence location: Case table and background: daughter’s schooling, 2013 detention, 2014 sentence of three and a half years and 2016 release.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-703299Front Line Defenders
Evidence location: 2014 sentence entry; September 5 here differs from August 29 in CHRD, so year precision is retained.