🇨🇳 authorities punish artistic freedom under retroactive application of law. #FreeGaoZhen
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🗞️ The absence of a verdict on Monday indicated that “a political decision has not yet been made about the case”, #CHRD’ s co-executive director @sophiedrich.bsky.social said.
“This has nothing to do with law.”
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"A Chinese artist known for his provocative and irreverent sculptures of #MaoZedong is facing trial on suspicion of slandering the country’s heroes in a case underlining how little criticism is allowed under 🇨🇳’s leader, #XiJinping."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...
🇨🇳 police detained artist #GaoZhen on Aug 26, 2024 in Yanjiao, Hebei. He now faces charges under a 2021 law for artworks created in 2005–2009 — a retroactive application. Authorities should drop the charges and #FreeGaoZhen.
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🔴 BREAKING: A Hebei court has postponed the trial of detained artist #GaoZhen for the third time, now to June 10, 2026. He is being prosecuted simply for exercising his right to artistic expression.
#FreeGaoZhen
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On the one-year anniversary of artist Gao Zhen’s detention in China, ARC, HRF, and civil society partners condemn his ongoing imprisonment and the exit ban placed on his wife. We push for his immediate release and the safe return of his family to the United States. @hrf.org #FreeGaoZhen
Gao Zhen è in prigione da un anno
senza motivo alcuno
è un artista e viveva con la moglie in US
l'unico suo errore è stato andare a trovare la famiglia di origine in Cina
#freeGaoZhen
@Chinamission2un @MFA_China @SpokespersonCHN
#FreeGaoZhen
Cina – Artista detenuto per un anno senza processo
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What counts as "slandering China’s heroes and martyrs"?
According to #China: freedom of artistic expression and creation.
Call on the government to release detained artist #GaoZhen now!
#FreeGaoZhen
www.amnesty.ch/fr/participe...
@Chinamission2un @MFA_China @SpokespersonCHN
Artist #GaoZhen was arrested a year ago and charged with "slandering China’s heroes and martyrs" a charge used as a tool to silence the artistic and intellectual expression of Chinese artists #China must release him now! #FreeGaoZhen
戏台上的事儿,你特么管不着。
创作上的事儿,你特么管不着。
#高兟 的艺术作品,你特么管不着。
#FreeGaoZhen
#创作自由
【为什么以艺术作品治罪艺术家让国际社会看不起?】 #自由高兟 #FreeGaoZhen
ChatGPT:原因有以下几点
1. 背离普世价值:侵犯言论与表达自由
艺术表达是言论自由的重要形式。无论是画作、雕塑、摄影还是行为艺术,都是艺术家对世界的思考、批评与呼喊。国际社会普遍接受并尊重这样的表达自由,这是《世界人权宣言》第19条所明确保障的基本权利。当一个国家因艺术作品对艺术家定罪,等于宣布:思想必须受控,表达必须合规。**这与自由世界的基本信念相悖,自然会被看作是对人权的践踏。
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Artist #GaoZhen is being charged with “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs”, a charge used as a tool to silence the artistic and intellectual expression of Chinese artists.
#China must release him now! #FreeGaoZhen
www.amnesty.ch/de/mitmachen...
What counts as “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs”? According to #China: freedom of artistic expression and creation.
Call on the government to release detained artist #GaoZhen now! #FreeGaoZhen
www.amnesty.ch/de/mitmachen...
What counts as “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs”? According to #China: freedom of artistic expression and creation.
Call on the government to release detained artist #GaoZhen now! #FreeGaoZhen
www.amnesty.ch/de/mitmachen...
Artist #GaoZhen is being charged with “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs”, a charge used as a tool to silence the artistic and intellectual expression of Chinese artists.
#China must release him now! #FreeGaoZhen
www.amnesty.ch/de/mitmachen...
In August 2024, artist Gao Zhen was arbitrarily detained in China for creating art that confronts the dark truths of China's Cultural Revolution. He remains in jail to this day.
Share HRF's open letter demanding Gao Zhen's release. buff.ly/4ePw1EA #FreeGaoZhen