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Xu Zhiyong (Chinese: 许志永; pinyin: Xǔ Zhìyǒng; born March 2, 1973) is a Chinese civil rights activist and formerly a lecturer at the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications. He was one of the founders of the NGO Open Constitution Initiative and an active rights lawyer in China who campaigned against corruption [1] and helped ...
Apr 10, 2023 · Xu Zhiyong is China’s voice of conscience. Previously imprisoned for four years for advocating for equal education rights for migrant workers’ children and against corruption, he could...
Apr 17, 2023 · Experts say Xu Zhiyong’s fate symbolises the rise and fall of China’s ill-fated rights movement
Apr 10, 2023 · Lawyer Xu Zhiyong has spent nearly two decades fighting for human rights in China, and on Monday he was handed one of the longest prison sentences ever issued for civil activism under Xi...
Apr 14, 2023 · Xu Zhiyong was imprisoned during the crackdown on the New Citizens Movement in 2013, serving four years. In February 2020, he was again detained after a gathering in Xiamen, Fujian province. He was tortured during the first six months in secret detention, or RSDL.
Apr 10, 2023 · China has handed a 14-year prison term to human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, who once called on President Xi Jinping to resign over his handling of the pandemic.
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Sep 18, 2018 · Xu Zhiyong was one of China’s most prominent rights advocates when he was arrested in 2013 and then sentenced to prison for his role in founding the New Citizens Movement, a grass-roots group...
