US-based dissident artist put on trial in China over satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group

New York-based Gao Zhen was detained in 2024 during a family visit to China and then tried for ‘defaming national heroes’ The Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, known for making satirical sculptures of China’s former leader Mao Zedong, has been tried over accusations of “defaming national heroes and martyrs”, his wife and a rights group have said. Gao, 69, who was detained in 2024 during a visit to China from the US, faces a maximum three-year prison sentence, his wife, Zhao Yaliang, and Sh...

By Reuters

Artist faces prison in secretive trial over satirical Mao Zedong sculptures

The New York-based artist was detained while on a trip to China

By Laurie Chen

Dissident artist on trial in China for satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group - The Straits Times

Dissident artist on trial in China for satirical Mao sculptures, says rights group  The Straits Times

Rights group condemns trial of Chinese artist whose works criticise Mao

A rights group called for the immediate release of jailed Chinese artist Gao Zhen, whose works criticised former leader Mao Zedong, as his trial began on Monday. The US-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said 69-year-old Gao, who is accused of slandering China’s heroes, was tried behind closed doors at a court in the northern […]

By AFP