A Chinese filmmaker was due to stand trial Monday over his documentary about China’s nationwide protests against Covid lockdowns in late 2022, as Beijing seeks to erase public memories of stunning ...

By bno - Taipei Office A Shanghai court has sentenced Chinese director Chen Pinlin to three and a half years in prison for his documentary film on the 'white paper' protests that erupted across China ...

according to reports. Chen Pinlin was initially charged in early 2024 for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” over the release of his documentary, Not the Foreign Force. Mr Pinlin was handed down ...

Chen Pinlin was sentenced by a Shanghai court on Monday following a three-hour trial behind closed doors, a person familiar with the case told CNN. The 33-year-old was convicted of “picking ...

Chinese activist filmmaker Chen Pinlin has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison in Shanghai for producing a documentary about China's nationwide protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in late 2022.

The 2022 protests against Covid lockdown and subsequent crackdown on people marked a rare show of dissent in China ...

A judge sentenced Chen Pinlin, 33, to jail for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" in a closed-door trial on Monday, Daniel Fang, who handled Chen's case before leaving China last year ...

“Chen Pinlin, who has been arrested for more than a year, has been treated extremely inhumanely in the detention centre,” it said on Tuesday. open image in gallery File Chinese policemen ...

BEIJING – A Chinese director who made a film about the 2022 “white paper” demonstrations against China’s Covid-19 restrictions was sentenced to 3½ years in prison by a Shanghai court ...

Chen Pinlin, who is known by his stage name “Plato”, was first detained on 29 November 2023 and was formally arrested on 5 January 2024 by the Shanghai police for releasing his documentary ...