CNHRA EVENT RECORD · CNHRA-E-936867
Zhu Yufu: Poetry, Online Expression and Sentence in 2012
Date
2011
Location
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Event Type
Sentencing · Censorship
Human Rights Issues
Freedom of Expression · Right to Liberty and Security · Right to a Fair Trial
Record ID
CNHRA-E-936867
Summary
CECC records detention on March 5, 2011, arrest on April 11 and supplementary investigation. Trial began January 31, 2012; Hangzhou’s intermediate court imposed seven years and three years’ deprivation of political rights on February 10, citing recidivism.[1]
Description
CECC records detention on March 5, 2011, arrest on April 11 and supplementary investigation. Trial began January 31, 2012; Hangzhou’s intermediate court imposed seven years and three years’ deprivation of political rights on February 10, citing recidivism.[1]
The judgment invokes constitutional expression rights and restrictions protecting state and social interests. CECC argues that harm from the speech was not adequately substantiated; Amnesty condemned the sentence.[1]
Developments
Poem and online messages become case evidence
CECC identifies It’s Time, articles, recordings, videos and fundraising for activists’ families among prosecution materials. The defense disputed national-security harm.[1]
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Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-541035CECC
Evidence location: Body: poem, online messages, 2011 case and seven-year sentence on February 10, 2012.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-820052Amnesty International
Evidence location: Body: poem and seven-year sentence.