Fang Hong

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Charge:	"Sedition (includes mockery of authority/king/monarchy, etc)"
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	1
Year Crime:	2011
Year Convicted:	2011
Year Cleared:	2012
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	China
County or Region of Crime:
City of Crime:	Chongqing
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Fang Hong was wrongly convicted in April 2011 of mocking a Communist Party official in Chongqing, China. Hong was a retired forestry official who on April 21, 2011 posted a two line poem on Twitter mocking Communist politician Bo Xilai, and he was charged with stating ""fabricated facts and disturbed public order." Hong was sentenced to one year in a labor camp. After Bo Xilai was disgraced, Hong filed an appeal. An appeals court overturned Hong's conviction on June 29, 2012 on the basis of insufficient evidence he committed a crime. After his exoneration Hong filed a lawsuit seeking an apology and 360,000 yuan (HK$440,000) in compensation for psychological suffering, but it was dismissed on August 29, 2013."
Conviction Caused By:
Innocence Proved By:	"An appeals court overturned Hong's conviction on June 29, 2012 on the basis of insufficient evidence he committed a crime."
Defendant Aided By:
Compensation Awarded:	No
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:
Age When Released:
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Chinese
Information Source 1:	"Blogger says Chinese Court Overturned Conviction, AP story, Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2012"
Information Location 1:	http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303561504577496074055502072.html
Information Source 2:	"China blogger says conviction overturned, By Christopher Bodeen (AP writer), Findlaw.com, June 29, 2012"
Information Location 2:	http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/737574a81b974505b5ee0a3b097bf8db
Information Source 3:	"China blogger says conviction overturned, Sky News (Australia), June 29, 2012"
Information Location 3:	http://www.skynews.com.au/tech/article.aspx?id=766317&vId=
Information Source 4:	"A Tweet, A Year In A Labor Camp, And Now An Appeal -- All Things Considered, By Louisa Lim (staff), National Public Radio, May 25, 2012"
Information Location 4:	http://www.npr.org/2012/05/25/153701190/a-tweet-a-year-in-a-labor-camp-and-now-an-appeal
Information Source 5:	"China blogger sentenced for Bo Xilai joke denied payout, By Agence France-Presse in Beijing, South China Morning Post, August 29, 2013"
Information Location 5:	http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1140175/china-blogger-sentenced-bo-xilai-joke-denied-payout
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Fang Hong

Charge:

"Sedition (includes mockery of authority/king/monarchy, etc)"

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

2011

Year Convicted:

2011

Year Cleared:

2012

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

China

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Chongqing

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"An appeals court overturned Hong's conviction on June 29, 2012 on the basis of insufficient evidence he committed a crime."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

No

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Chinese

Information Source 1:

"Blogger says Chinese Court Overturned Conviction, AP story, Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2012"

Information Location 1:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303561504577496074055502072.html

Information Source 2:

"China blogger says conviction overturned, By Christopher Bodeen (AP writer), Findlaw.com, June 29, 2012"

Information Location 2:

http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/737574a81b974505b5ee0a3b097bf8db

Information Source 3:

"China blogger says conviction overturned, Sky News (Australia), June 29, 2012"

Information Location 3:

http://www.skynews.com.au/tech/article.aspx?id=766317&vId=

Information Source 4:

"A Tweet, A Year In A Labor Camp, And Now An Appeal -- All Things Considered, By Louisa Lim (staff), National Public Radio, May 25, 2012"

Information Location 4:

http://www.npr.org/2012/05/25/153701190/a-tweet-a-year-in-a-labor-camp-and-now-an-appeal

Information Source 5:

"China blogger sentenced for Bo Xilai joke denied payout, By Agence France-Presse in Beijing, South China Morning Post, August 29, 2013"

Information Location 5:

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1140175/china-blogger-sentenced-bo-xilai-joke-denied-payout

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