Chinese civil rights activist and academic (born 1973)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.
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Xu Zhiyong
许志永
Born
(1973-03-02) March 2, 1973 (age 51)
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)
Awards
Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers (2013)
PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award (2020)
Weiquan lawyers
Background
Weiquan movement
Chinese legal reforms
Human rights in China
Protest and dissent in China
Barefoot lawyer
New Citizens' Movement
Lawyers and legal scholars
Chen Guangcheng
Gao Zhisheng
Guo Feixiong
Guo Guoting
Hao Jinsong
He Weifang
Jiang Tianyong
Li Boguang
Li Heping
Li Jianqiang
Li Xiongbing
Mo Shaoping
Ni Yulan
Pu Zhiqiang
Teng Biao
Tang Jingling
Xu Zhiyong
Yu Wensheng
Zhang Xuezhong
Zhang Xingshui
Zhang Sizhi
Zheng Enchong
Organizations
Committee for the Protection of Lawyers' Lawful Rights
Yitong Law Firm
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group
China National Anti-Demolition Home Alliance
Chinese Society of Human Rights Lawyers for Petitioners
Open Constitution Initiative
Cases and events
Shi Tao's arrest
Sun Zhigang
Deng Yujiao incident
Linyi
Chinese milk scandal
Sichuan schools scandal
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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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