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(New York) – The Chinese government should drop the baseless charges against the artist Gao Zhen (高兟) and allow him and his family to return to the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. Gao’s family said the 69-year-old artist, a permanent US resident, is in poor health and had fainted in September 2025.
Chinese authorities are prosecuting Gao for the crime of “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs” for sculptures created over a decade ago that portray the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in a provocative manner. The charges violate Gao’s fundamental right to fr...
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