Geng Xiaonan

Publisher and political activist Geng, and her husband Qin Zhen, were detained in September 2020 on charges of “running an illegal business” operation following Geng’s public support of writer-scholar Xu Zhangrun. After repeated bail rejections and denied access to counsel, Geng was sentenced to 3 years in prison in February 2021. She was released from prison on September 8, 2023 but remains under surveillance.