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Xu Zhiyong | |
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| 许志永 | |
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| Born | March 2, 1973 Minquan County, Henan, China |
| Alma mater | Lanzhou University (LLB) Peking University (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Legal scholar, lecturer |
| Employer | Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications (Previous) |
| Organization | Open Constitution Initiative (Gongmeng) |
| Known for | Civil rights advocacy, advocacy of constitutionalism |
| Movement | New Citizens Movement Weiquan movement |
| Criminal charges | Disruption of public order (Politically motivated) Subversion |
| Criminal penalty | Imprisonment (4 Years in 2014, 14 Years in 2023) |
| Spouse | Cui Zheng (divorced) |
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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 those underprivileged. He is the main founder and icon of the New Citizens' Movement in China. In January 2014 he was sentenced to four years in prison for "gathering crowds to disrupt public order".[2] He was detained again on February 15, 2020, in the southern city of Guangzhou after two months in hiding, for his participation in a meeting of rights activists and lawyers in Xiamen in December 2019 in which "democratic transition in China" was discussed.[3] He was sentenced for subversion to 14 years in jail on April 10, 2023.[4]
- ^ "China activist Liu Yuandong on trial in Guangzhou". BBC News. BBC News. January 24, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
- ^ "China court sentences Xu Zhiyong to four years in jail". BBC News. January 25, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ^ Xue, Xiaoshan (December 25, 2020). "China to Tighten Political Security Operations Targeting 'Potential' Dissent". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
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