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An official seal at the end of the document rejecting Tashi Wangchuk\u2019s appeal.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A Chinese court document reveals the reasons for the rejection of the appeal by Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk, imprisoned for five years after he appeared in a New York Times video about the importance of protecting the Tibetan language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document, translated into English below by the International Campaign for Tibet, states that Wangchuk \u201cattacked the state\u2019s policies\u201d and does not deny that a confession may have been made under torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four out of six pages of the document, dated July 30, 2018, were posted on social media last week, stating that Wangchuk, an entrepreneur from Yushu in Qinghai, \u201cdistorted the facts, attacking the state\u2019s policies on ethnic minorities, making remarks that undermine ethnic unity and national unity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangchuk, 33, had appealed the decision by the Yushu Intermediate People\u2019s Court on May 22, 2018 to sentence him to five years\u2019 imprisonment on charges of \u201cincitement to separatism.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamaging the national image\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The court document affirms earlier indications that China\u2019s sensitivity towards its international image was critical in this case, given the high global profile of the New York Times. The video by the Times shows Wangchuk\u2019s journey to Beijing to petition the government to protect Tibetan language education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document states that \u201cWangchuk plays the role of interviewee in the video, publishing attacks on our country\u2019s policies towards ethnic minorities, distorting the state of education and cultural development in Tibetan areas, slandering the government by saying it restricts the development of minority cultures and eliminates minority language and culture, undermining national unity, social stability in Tibetan areas, and national unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter the video was uploaded, numerous websites and media outlets redistributed it, spread it, commented on it, and reported on it, damaging the national image.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangchuk\u2019s lawyers, who posted on social media on August 23, 2018 that the Qinghai Higher People\u2019s Court had rejected the appeal, had argued that Wangchuk had no intention of attempting to \u201csplit the country\u201d and that he was simply seeking the implementation of China\u2019s own laws and Constitution guaranteeing the protection of \u2018ethnic minority\u2019 languages. According to another source, prior to the trial, even one internal government department had suggested that the requirements for criminality had not been met, and that the verdict should be not guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No denial of torture<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The court document presents the case for the appeal that it ultimately rejects, saying that the defense \u201cput forward that [Wangchuk] did not have the subjective intent of incitement to split the country, and that he was simply putting forth some criticism for the local government in terms of education, teaching methods, spreading and using the Tibetan language, and other aspects, for the purpose of protecting ethnic language and culture. Because citizens have basic human rights and the right to free speech, his behavior did not constitute a crime and he requested a second trial in which he could be acquitted. The defense put forward that this criminal had no subjective intent to commit a crime, and that the guilty judgment against Tashi Wangchuk infringes upon freedom of speech for citizens and the media\u2019s right to monitor and report.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document confirms that Wangchuk\u2019s lawyers raised concerns that a confession had been made under torture. Confessions obtained through torture, threats and illegal detention are supposed to be inadmissible in court, according to Chinese law, but torture is deeply-rooted in the system and is routinely used against Tibetan and other political prisoners, particularly when charges are connected to issues officially described as \u201cdamaging to national unity\u201d or \u201csplittist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document states: \u201cWangchuk\u2019s appeal put forward that the investigative organs forced a confession by torturing him, and therefore his statement should be put aside as illegally-obtained evidence.\u201d The court sidesteps this accusation, without denying torture occurred, and goes on to make a confusing argument about how the defendant did not deny that he was the interviewee in the New York Times video, although no one claimed otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the four pages of the document available and translated by ICT, no evidence is presented of anyone being \u201cincited to split the country,\u201d as the court claims that Wangchuk did, and no denial is made that Wangchuk was tortured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sympathy for self-immolators<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

According to another ICT source, Wangchuk\u2019s feelings about Tibetan self-immolators as heard in the video may have been defined as a part of his \u2018crime.\u2019 The Chinese authorities have made systematic efforts to turn Tibetans against the more than 150 monks, nuns and laypeople who have set fire to themselves in an extreme act emerging from the anguish of oppression. However, they have largely failed in eradicating people\u2019s sympathy toward the self-immolators. According to the same source, part of the reason for Wangchuk\u2019s sentencing was because he had \u201cexpressed an understanding\u201d of the self-immolators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangchuk was arrested in January 2016, two months after the New York Times video appeared. However, he did not stand trial until January 2018, and no verdict was returned until May 22, when one of his two lawyers, Liang Xiaojun, announced the five-year sentence in a microblog. Including time served, Wangchuk\u2019s sentence started on Jan. 29, 2016 and will conclude on Jan. 28, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nail in the coffin of the rule of law<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Matteo Mecacci, President of ICT, said: \u201cThis court document exposes the emptiness and falsehoods of the manufactured case against Tashi Wangchuk and is a further nail in the coffin of rule of law in China. Wangchuk was only trying to uphold China\u2019s own legal provisions that are supposed to protect the \u2018mother tongue\u2019 of Tibetans and others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wangchuk stood trial in January 2018, in the first known instance of an international news story being used in a criminal prosecution against a Tibetan. He is among a younger generation in Tibet who have prioritized protection of the Tibetan language, the bedrock of cultural and religious identity, framing their concerns in the context of Chinese law and regulations. In the New York Times video, Wangchuk is seen saying: \u201cI want to try to use the People\u2019s Republic of China\u2019s laws to solve the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governments and elected officials across the world have called for Wangchuk\u2019s release. In February 2018, six United Nations human rights experts condemned the \u201ccriminalization of linguistic and cultural rights advocacy\u201d<\/a> and called for his release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is ICT\u2019s translation of the court document from Chinese into English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qinghai Province Higher People\u2019s Court<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Criminal Ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the public prosecutor of the Qinghai Province Yulshul Prefecture People\u2019s Procuratorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appellant (the former defendant in the trial) is Tashi Wangchuk, male, Tibetan ethnicity, born in 1985 [LINE REDACTED] in Qinghai Province\u2019s Trindu County, with an elementary school education, unemployed, with a household registration in Qinghai Province\u2019s Yulshul Prefecture\u2019s Trindu County #14 Xiazhuang Sishe, residing in Qinghai Province\u2019s Yulshul City\u2019s Jyekundo Town Dangdai Road #45 West Alley. He was criminally detained on January 29, 2016 on suspicion of the crime of incitement to split the country, and on March 4 of the same year he was arrested. He is currently detained in Qinghai Province\u2019s Yulshul City Detention Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defender Lin Qilei, a lawyer with Beijing\u2019s Ruikai Law Firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defender Liang Xiaojun, a lawyer with Beijing\u2019s Daoheng Law Firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qinghai Province\u2019s Yulshul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Intermediate People\u2019s Court heard the Qinghai Province Yulshul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture People\u2019s Procuratorate accuse Tashi Wangchuk of incitement to split the country. On May 6, 2018, Qinghai #27 Case #3 received a criminal judgment. Defendant Tashi Wangchuk did not accept the verdict, and filed an appeal. The court formed a collegiate bench in accordance with the law, and after going through the documents, arraigning the appellant, and listening to the views of the defense counsel, we are of the opinion that the facts of the case are clear. We have decided not to open the trial, and this ends the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original verdict found that at the end of 2014, the defendant Tashi Wangchuk was introduced to the New York Time\u2019s Beijing bureau correspondent Huang XX, Li X, and others. In July 2015 Huang XX, Li X, and four others came to Yulshul, and with the active participation of Tashi Wangchuk they shot footage at the racecourse, in Tashi Wangchuk\u2019s home, and other relevant shots. Later the aforementioned footage was used to create the \u201cA Tibetan\u2019s Journey for Justice\u201d video. Tashi Wangchuk plays the role of interviewee in the video, publishing attacks on our country\u2019s policies towards ethnic minorities, distorting the state of education and cultural development in Tibetan areas, slandering the government by saying it restricts the development of minority cultures and eliminates minority language and culture, undermining national unity, social stability in Tibetan areas, and national unity. After the video was uploaded, numerous websites and media outlets redistributed it, spread it, commented on it, and reported on it, damaging the national image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evidence identified above is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. After the arrest it was confirmed that after the video \u201cA Tibetan\u2019s Journey for Justice\u201d was released, public security organs investigated and confirmed that the subject of the video is Yulshul native Tashi Wangchuk, who was seized at home on January 27, 2016.<\/li>
  2. Identification records and photos confirm that the defendant Tashi Wangchuk\u2019s white Samsung NOTE3 phone contains video material related to \u201cA Tibetan\u2019s Journey for Justice.\u201d<\/li>
  3. Identification records and video recordings confirm that Tashi Wangchuk appears in the 9 minute and 13 second \u201cA Tibetan\u2019s Journey for Justice\u201d video. He has confirmed that he appears in the video and that he said those words, which accurately expressed his meaning. When the video was played, Tashi Wangchuk and his defenders made no objections.<\/li>
  4. The \u201cA Tibetan\u2019s Journey for Justice\u201d video contains the New York Times logo and the \u201cTimes Video\u201d signature, and the people in the video, the language used, the text, etc- [PAGES 3 & 4 OF THE DOCUMENT ARE NOT AVAILABLE]<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Tashi Wangchuk\u2019s appeal put forward that the investigative organs forced a confession by torturing him, and therefore his statement should be put aside as illegally-obtained evidence. After investigation, during the first trial the appellant and his defenders initiated the application for discharging illegally-obtained evidence, but during the first trial when the public prosecutor proposed playing an audio recording of the interrogation in court to prove the legality of the evidence, the appellant and his defenders raised no objections to the source, objectivity, and authenticity of the audio recording, and so there was no need to play the video. In addition, the verdict was based on the video evidence, and the audio-visual content of the video was clear. The appellant recognizes that he is the interviewee in the video, and that the remarks he made in the video accurately express his meaning. The investigative organ\u2019s questions to the appellant were about the origin and process of the video, and they had no substantial impact on the contents of the video. Therefore, the grounds for appeal cannot be established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tashi Wangchuk\u2019s appeal put forward that he did not have the subjective intent of incitement to split the country, and that he was simply putting forth some criticism for the local government in terms of education, teaching methods, spreading and using the Tibetan language, and other aspects, for the purpose of protecting ethnic language and culture. Because citizens have basic human rights and the right to free speech, his behavior did not constitute a crime and he requested a second trial in which he could be acquitted. The defense put forward that this criminal had no subjective intent to commit a crime, and that the guilty judgment against Tashi Wangchuk infringes upon freedom of speech for citizens and the media\u2019s right to monitor and report. After investigation, citizens can raise criticism and suggestions against any state agency or its staff, but they must not fabricate or distort the facts. Tashi Wangchuk, as a person with full criminal responsibility, distorted the facts in a foreign media interview, attacking the state\u2019s policies on ethnic minorities, making remarks that undermine ethnic unity and national unity. His behavior violated the legal bottom line of citizen\u2019s freedom of speech, and was clearly subjective and deliberate. His reasons for appeal and the defense\u2019s opinion cannot be established. The defense put forward that an acquittal for Tashi Wangchuk would help the international community understand our country\u2019s ethnic and religious policies and laws. After investigation, Tashi Wangchuk is a Chinese citizen, and his behavior should be judged by Chinese law. He fabricated and distorted the facts, attacking the state\u2019s policies on ethnic minorities, making remarks that undermine ethnic unity and national unity, which constitutes a crime according to the laws of our country. He should bear the corresponding criminal responsibility, so this defense also cannot be established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Court finds that the appellant, Tashi Wangchuk, actively participated in the video shoot, and made comments that undermine ethnic unity and national unity in a media interview. With the subjective intent to incite the splitting of the country, objectively implementing the behavior of incitement to split the country, his actions constitute the crime of incitement to split the country. The appellant\u2019s grounds for appeal and the defense\u2019s opinion are not accepted. The facts in the original verdict are clear, and the evidence is clear and ample, the conviction is accurate, the sentencing is appropriate, and the law has been correctly applied. The proceedings are legal. In accordance with the \u201cPeople\u2019s Republic of China Criminal Procedure Law Article 225, Section 1, Item 1, the ruling is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The appeal is dismissed, and the original judgment is maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This ruling is final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Presiding Judge<\/strong>
    Wang Xinling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Judge<\/strong>
    Wang Liansheng<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Judge<\/strong>
    Zhou Wei<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2018\/7\/30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Clerk<\/strong>
    Zhang Gaojun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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