New Law, Old Art
A court used a 2021 law to jail a 70-year-old artist for pictures he painted twenty years ago.
Source article: Chinese court sentences artist Gao Zhen to three years.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- arts and entertainment, law enforcement, political dissent, trial, judiciary
- Primary entities
- Gao Zhen, Gao Qiang, Xi Jinping, Mao Zedong, Amnesty International
- Themes
- freedom of artistic expression, criminal prosecution, retroactive application of law, human rights, family travel restrictions
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, human_life_and_dignity