Ding Jiaxi

A Beautiful China – Eighteen – Four Years Afar Xu Zhiyong, translated by Andréa Worden, December 4, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights defense movement, and a…

The 9th Anniversary of 709 Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers and Defenders: Ten Notable Events Over the Past Year 29 Principles and China Change, July 1, 2024 This year, 2024, marks the 9th anniversary of the “709” crackdown on China’s…

Whither China? — Xu Zhiyong’s Letter of Appeal November 30, 2023 In August, while waiting for appeal, Dr. Xu Zhiyong wrote the following statement (Chinese original), not so much to the court as to his compatriots. In June, he and Ding…

‘A democratic China must be realized in our time, we cannot saddle the next generation with this duty’ – Xu Zhiyong’s Court Statement Xu Zhiyong, April 9, 2023 Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is no stranger to those who have followed the emergence…

Authoritarianism Shall Perish – Ding Jiaxi’s Court Statement Ding Jiaxi, April 9, 2023 After a decade-long successful career as a successful commercial lawyer in Beijing, Ding Jiaxi (丁家喜) joined the New Citizens Movement in 2011 led by…

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Xu Zhiyong — A Full Translation Xu Zhiyong (left) and Ding Jiaxi Shangdong Province Linyi Municipal People’s Procuratorate Indictment Lin Proc Dept One Crim Indict No. Z43 Defendant Xu Zhiyong…

Indictment of Citizens Movement Advocate Ding Jiaxi — A Full Translation Ding Jiaxi (right) and Xu Zhiyong Shangdong Province Linyi Municipal People’s Procuratorate Indictment Lin Proc Dept One Crim Indict No. Z42 Defendant Ding Jiaxi…

Civil Rights Advocates Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi Indicted for Subversion on Scant, Slanderous ‘Evidence’ China Change, September 25, 2021 Xu Zhiyong (left) and Ding Jiaxi On December 7 and 8, 2019, twenty or so people – more than half of…

Lawyer’s Account of Meeting With Detained Civil Rights Activist Ding Jiaxi Li Xiongbing, July 15, 2021 July 13, 2021, a summer day in Beijing. The sun was emerging after a rain shower. I waded through puddles on the road heading for…

Prominent Human Rights Activist Ding Jiaxi Tells Lawyer Details of Torture Throughout His Year in Custody China Change, February 5, 2021 Ding Jiaxi (right) and Xu Zhiyong. On February 3, 2021, Beijing lawyer Peng Jian (彭剑) met for the…