The International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR) calls on the Chinese authorities for the immediate and unconditional release of our colleague, Chen Pinlin. First arrested and submitted to questioning in November 2023, the 33-year-old documentary filmmaker has now been officially sentenced, in a closed trial, to 3,5 years in prison for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", an accusation often levelled by the Chinese authorities against journalists and media workers critical of Ch...
