China Democracy Party Member and Famous Painter Yan, Zhengxue
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Date: 3/23/2009 11:51:43 AM
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China Democracy Party Member and Famous Painter Yan, Zhengxue
Picture of the China Democracy Party member and famous painter Yan, Zhengxue
Biography of Yan, Zhengxue
Yan, Zhengxue was born in Zhejiang, China, 1944. He was admitted by Middle School of Zhejiang Art College in 1962. He was elected as the village supervisor of the Yuanmingyuan Artists’ Village, the SOHO in China, in 1990. He later joined China Democracy Party. He had exhibitions of his artworks in China and other countries, especially those paintings he finished in prison for his comments.
He was arrested for suing Beijing Police Bureau of violating human rights in 1993. He had been supporting human rights for the unprivileged after he was released in March, 1996. He exposed Chinese Communist’s dictatorship and the darkness of justice. He was arrested and tortured by the police many times and lost his freedom.
On October 18, 2006, Yan, Zhengxue was kidnapped by Zhejiang Taizhou National Guard. He was arrested under the charge of “subverting state power” on the 25th in the same month. His case was on trial at Taizhou Intermediate Court on April 5, 2007.
On April 13, 2007, the case of Yan, Zhengxue was adjudicated. The court held Yan, Zhengxue account of subverting state power and he was sentenced 3 years of imprisonment and deprived of political rights for 1 year.
It is known that, Yan, Zhengxue’s lawyer, Mr. Li, Jianqiang received a phone call from the judge at 8:30 in the moring and couldn’t make it to the court on time. He received another call from the judge at 4PM and received the judgment. The judge informed that Yan, Zhengxue secretly joined China Democracy Party and his charges were dismissed. Yan, Zhengxue stated in the court that he would not appeal.
Observers pointed out that after continuous efforts from lawyer Li, Jianqiang, it was not easy that Yan, Zhengxue's charge was defined as “inciting subverting state power” rather than “subverting state power”; Yan, Zhengxue accepted it. Yan, Zhengxue would have been sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment based on the original charge, which would hav been a disastrous charge for a 60-year-old.
中国民主党人、著名画家严正学
严正学简历
严正学，1944年生于中国浙江。1962年，考上浙江美术学院附中。1990年在有中国“SOHO”之称的圆明园艺术家村，被推选为村长。后来参加中国民主党，曾在中国和很多国家展出其艺术作品，特别其因言获罪被投入牢狱后在狱中创作的绘画作品。
1993 年因起诉北京公安局侵犯人权被当局拘捕。1996年3月获释后，一直支持弱势社群的维权工作，揭露中共的暴政及司法的黑暗，也因此无数次被公安抓捕、毒打，失去人身自由。
2006年10月18日，严正学被浙江台州国保抄家绑架，同月25日以涉嫌“颠覆国家政权罪”被刑事拘留。2007年4月5日下午被台州中级法院开庭审理。
2007年4月13日，著名画家严正学案做出一审宣判，法院认定严正学构成煽动颠覆国家政权罪，判处有期徒刑 3年，剥夺政治权利 1 年。
据悉，严正学的辩护律师李建强先生今天上午8点30分接到法官的开庭电话，没有来的及赶到法庭。下午四点接到法官电话，宣告这一结果。法官告知，严正学秘密参加中国民主党指控被驳回，严正学当庭表示不上诉。
有观察人士指出，严正学案件在律师李建强先生不懈努力下，能够从“颠覆国家政权罪”改判为“煽动颠覆国家政权罪”已属不易，严正学本人也表示接受。按照原来的罪名，严正学至少要被判处十年以上有期徒刑，对于六十花甲的严正学老人将是灾难性的处罚。
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