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Xu Zhiyong

人权活动家许志永与中国公民社会(2009—2014)

Chinese human rights activist Dr. Xu Zhiyong, twice imprisoned for his longstanding advocacy of civil society in China, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Chinese government in April 2023. The documentary by independent director Lao Hu Miao was filmed over a four-year period, beginning with the seizure of the Public League Legal Research Center, which Xu Zhiyong helped found in 2009, and ending with Xu's first prison sentence in 2014.
Title
Xu Zhiyong
Description
Chinese human rights activist Dr. Xu Zhiyong, twice imprisoned for his longstanding advocacy of civil society in China, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Chinese government in April 2023. The documentary by independent director Lao Hu Miao was filmed over a four-year period, beginning with the seizure of the Public League Legal Research Center, which Xu Zhiyong helped found in 2009, and ending with Xu's first prison sentence in 2014.
Release Date
2016
Format
Film and Video
Era
Reform Era (1978-2012)
Xi Jinping Era (2013 —)
Creator
Tiger Temple
Themes
Intellectuals

Civil Society

Advocacy of Democratic Rights

Oral and Personal Accounts

Freedom of Speech and Press

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