China: pro-democracy defender held in pre-detention is handed down 4-years jail term on catch-all charge
Event- Country
- China
- Initial Date
- Jun 24, 2020
- Event Description
The Suzhou Intermediate Court in Jiangsu Province sentenced human rights defender Ge Jueping (???) to 4.5 years in jail on �inciting subversion of state power� charges on June 24. Mr. Ge has already been subjected to a 3-year and 8-month prolonged pre-trial detention, including being put under �residential surveillance in a designated location.� His trial took place more than a year ago on May 13, 2019. Mr. Ge, who suffers from serious illnesses, including hypertension, heart palpitations, parotid gland cancer, has not received proper medical treatment at the detention center.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to health
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 33.64823717514563
Longitude: 116.95865946878207
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 24 June 2020, Ge Jueping, detained pro-democracy defender, was handed down 4-years jail term on catch-all charge despite poor health conditions by a court in Suzhou, China.