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- Title
Chinese Protesters Sentenced.
- Abstract
The article reports on the court's decision on the case of four Chinese protesters at the 1989 predemocracy rally in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The four leaders were sentenced on February 12, 1991 after quick trials before the Beijing Municipal Intermediate People's Court. It was reported that Wang Juntao and Chen Ziming, veterans in the 1970s, were both sentenced to 13 years in prison. While, Liu Gang, a former graduate student at Beijing University, was given 6 years and Chen Xiaoping, a law lecturer who had surrendered to the police was set free.
- Subjects
BEIJING (China); CHINA; CRIMINAL sentencing; PUBLIC demonstrations; WANG Juntao; CHEN, Ziming, 1952-2014; LIU Gang; CHEN Xiaoping; POLITICAL participation; DEMOCRACY
- Publication
Journal of Democracy, 1991, Vol 2, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
1045-5736
- Publication type
Article