Yu Yunfeng

April 24, 2024

Yu is a pro-democracy activist who was detained multiple times for his anti-CCP content over the years. In November 2022, Yu was detained and charged with "picking quarrels and… More

Yu Qian

April 22, 2024

Pro-democracy activist and online commentator Yu has been the subject of harassment by Chinese authorities including surveillance for years. After tweeting about speaking out on the Tiananmen Square massacre… More

Sun Qing

April 22, 2024

Long-time online commentator Sun has a been a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party since 2014. In May 2020, he was arrested on suspicion of "inciting subversion of… More

Wang Gang

April 22, 2024

Wang, known as Noah's Ark, is a former associate professor at Hubei University of Technology who created multiple WeChat groups since 2018 including "Shanghai People's Rights Defending" and "Chinese… More

Lu Huihuang

April 22, 2024

Lu is an online commentator who has published extensively on democratic issues calling for constitutional reforms since 2013. He was detained multiple times since 2018 for his commentary. On… More

Liu Ermu

April 22, 2024

Liu is an online activist focused on environmental protection and human rights. He was summoned in 2016 by local police and detained for more than 10 hours for an… More

Sun Lin

April 22, 2024

Sun Lin was an independent journalist who reported on human rights violations and former editor of Metropolis. He was detained multiple times throughout the years for his criticism of… More

Cao Peizhi

April 22, 2024

Cao is an activist and founder of Warm House, a WeChat blog group discussing democracy issues in China. In July 2022, Cao was detained on charges of "picking quarrels… More

Xiang Jinfeng

April 22, 2024

Xiang is a blogger who created a WeChat group where has been posting politically sensitive commentary and expressing concerns about citizens' rights since 2017. In 2019, he was stopped… More

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