# Chinese artist Gao Zhen sentenced to three years over Mao-satire sculptures

https://mins.news/en/item/32648

- BBC Chinese, 2026-08-26 05:40 UTC
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- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c0qxznd10kgo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A court in Sanhe, Hebei, sentenced artist Gao Zhen to the maximum three-year term for allegedly infringing the reputation of heroes and martyrs and harming the public interest through his work. Human rights groups called the case an attack on artistic freedom and raised concerns about retroactive use of the law.

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