Zhiyong Xu
Chinese Civil Rights Activist
Year of Birth
1973
Nationality
CN
Field of Knowledge
Politics
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 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”. He was detained again on 15 February 2020, in the southern city of Guangzhou.
| China Inside Ranking |
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80
| Ranking History | 2018 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
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| Global Ranking | — | — | — | 167 | — | — |
| China Inside Ranking | — | 80 | — | — | — | — |
| China Outside Ranking | — | 25 | — | — | — | — |