Zhi-Yong Xu and Jia-Xi Ding were given heavy sentence just for political opinions and wanting a different version China

In December 2019, Zhi-Yong Xu (a/k/a 许志永,许志勇,Xu Zhiyong) and Jia-Xi Ding (a/k/a 丁家喜, Ding Jiaxi) met with other human rights activists and lawyers in Xiamen to discuss current politics and the future of China.Jia-Xi Ding was first taken away from his friend's home by Shandong Public Security Bureau or police on 26th December 2019.

While fleeing, Zhi-Yong Xu issued a "letter of resignation persuasion" to Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China. Zhi-Yong Xu was taken away by the police on 15th February 2020 for criminal detention, was formally arrested on 19th June 2020， and was prosecuted on 19th January 2021.

For the crime of subverting state power, Zhi-Yong Xu was sentenced to 14 years in prison, and Jia-Xi Ding was sentenced to 12 years in prison，by Chinese Communist Party on 10th April 2023.

It is not allowed by Chinese Communist Party to give their family members a paper depicting the judgment, except to tell their family members the terms to be served in prison.

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