 Reporter for Xiaofei Ribao (Consumer Daily), arrested March 13, 2001, along with Jin Haike, Yang Zili, and Zhang Honghai after participating in the “Xin Qingnian Xuehui” (New Youth Study Group), an informal gathering of individuals concerned with political and economic inequalities who used the Internet to circulate relevant articles. Xu was finally sentenced on May 28, 2003, to 10 years in prison and two years’ deprivation of political rights on charges of subversion. He has suffered ill-treatment and has gone on hunger strike several times. Xu is currently being held at Yanqing Prison in Beijing. |
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