Xie Junbiao

Xie is an activist and blogger from Chengdu. In 2018, he was beaten and detained by police for 10 days on charges of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble." He… More

Xu Guang

Xu is a long -time democracy activist who has been arrested multiple times in past years; his latest arrest was on May 26, 2022. After he had been warned… More

Zhou Guoqiang Aqu Qiangba

Zhou (pen name Aqu Qiangba) is a poet and editor of Today. He was previously detained for seven months in 1989 for organizing a strike, and sentenced to three… More

Yu Qian

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

Liu Ermu

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

Samaneh Noruz Moradi

Activist Noruz-Moradi has been in and out of prison since 2018; in 2020, she was diagnosed with breast cancer while in jail, and was sent on medical leave with… More

Shahd Abusalama

A long time Palestinian activist and columnist and blogger, Abusalama is well-known for her anti-Zionist stance and her criticism of Israel. She has faced multiple instances of harassment since… More

Andrei Filipchyk

Filipchyk is an online activist who runs a Telegram channel where he posts jokes and memes in Belarusian. On January 31, 2023 he was arrested and a criminal case… More

Baolong Hu

A human rights lawyer and online activist, Baolong was detained in September 2020 for allegedly "leaking secrets" to foreign countries and for his online commentary. He was formally charged… More

Yutong Su

A blogger and former journalist, Yutong is also a pro-democracy online activist who has faced multiple instances of harassment in China dating back to 2010. After she had circulated… More