Woo Sang Ho (student protestor): Difference between revisions

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'''The Incident:''' "... On August 25, 1987, Woo and five other students were arrested on charges of violating the Act on Assembly and Demonstration. Woo was also charged with slandering the state by making 'undesirable statements' to the "Times" reporter and to journalists from the "Financial Times," and the West German newspaper "Algemeine Zeitung"... " "... Article 104-2 of the Republic of Korea's Criminal Code provides a penalty of up to seven years imprisonment for a Korean national "who insults or defames the Republic of Korea or her constitutional institutions, or who injures or causes injury to the security, interests, or the prestige of the Republic of Korea, by distorting the facts thereof or by circulating false facts or in any other way outside the country."

'''Results of Incident:''' "... On December 4, 1987, the Korean press reported that Woo had been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Later reports indicate that Woo was released from prison, and was subsequently detained on another charge of violating the assembly law involving a protest during the presidential election campaign. He was arrested again under the assembly law when he led a rally in support of unifying the opposition before the National Assembly elections. Woo was reportedly released on probation in July 1988... "

'''Results of Incident:''' "... On December 4, 1987, the Korean press reported that Woo had been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Later reports indicate that Woo was released from prison, and was subsequently detained on another charge of violating the assembly law involving a protest during the presidential election campaign. He was arrested again under the assembly law when he led a rally in support of unifying the opposition before the National Assembly elections. Woo was reportedly released on probation in July 1988... "<P>

'''Source:''' Asia Watch, Freedom of Expression in the Republic of Korea, August, 1988, Pg. 40-42

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 '''The Incident:''' "... On August 25, 1987, Woo and five other students were arrested on charges of violating the Act on Assembly and Demonstration. Woo was also charged with slandering the state by making 'undesirable statements' to the "Times" reporter and to journalists from the "Financial Times," and the West German newspaper "Algemeine Zeitung"... " "... Article 104-2 of the Republic of Korea's Criminal Code provides a penalty of up to seven years imprisonment for a Korean national "who insults or defames the Republic of Korea or her constitutional institutions, or who injures or causes injury to the security, interests, or the prestige of the Republic of Korea, by distorting the facts thereof or by circulating false facts or in any other way outside the country."
-'''Results of Incident:''' "... On December 4, 1987, the Korean press reported that Woo had been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Later reports indicate that Woo was released from prison, and was subsequently detained on another charge of violating the assembly law involving a protest during the presidential election campaign. He was arrested again under the assembly law when he led a rally in support of unifying the opposition before the National Assembly elections. Woo was reportedly released on probation in July 1988... "
+'''Results of Incident:''' "... On December 4, 1987, the Korean press reported that Woo had been sentenced to four years imprisonment. Later reports indicate that Woo was released from prison, and was subsequently detained on another charge of violating the assembly law involving a protest during the presidential election campaign. He was arrested again under the assembly law when he led a rally in support of unifying the opposition before the National Assembly elections. Woo was reportedly released on probation in July 1988... "<P>
 '''Source:''' Asia Watch, Freedom of Expression in the Republic of Korea, August, 1988, Pg. 40-42