{"id":5033,"date":"2015-04-24T02:31:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T06:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2015-04-23T23:41:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T03:41:11","slug":"voa-interview-cited-in-case-against-chinese-dissident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/voa-interview-cited-in-case-against-chinese-dissident","title":{"rendered":"VOA Interview Cited in Case Against Chinese Dissident"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"201504240924china1\"<\/a>Hai Yan<\/p>\n

April 23, 2015 3:32 PM<\/p>\n

HONG KONG\u2014A Chinese defense lawyer says he has learned that an interview with Voice of America’s Mandarin service is being cited in an indictment against his client, Yu Shiwen, a former student leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.<\/p>\n

Zhang Xue Zhong Thursday said the court documents accuse Yu of causing public disorder by giving an interview to VOA about a private June 4 memorial he held with friends last year.<\/p>\n

According to the indictment, the information became highly viewed content among Internet users who watched, commented on and shared it, causing serious public disorder.<\/p>\n

Zhang said the accusation of disorderly behavior, as well as the evidence, are baseless.<\/p>\n

“Posting information on the Internet, including videos and accepting interviews are also legal. Because he [Yu] made this information public, making it known to people, in other words clicking on relevant websites, constitutes a crime, I think this is simply something you can\u2019t say has a legal basis. It completely violates human reason; it has no common sense,” he said.<\/p>\n

The indictment lists 28 foreign news services, including Voice of America, and bringing up the question of whether the disorder occurred in China or abroad.<\/p>\n

Chinese authorities have not commented on the indictment.<\/p>\n

Yu was among more than 10 human rights activists detained in Zhengzhou ahead of last year’s anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. He is the only one still being detained.<\/p>\n

Zhang said the court has rejected his appeal for Yu to be released from custody because of a deteriorating medical condition.
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