CNHRA PERSON RECORD · CNHRA-P-362831
Guo Feixiong
Born
Unknown
Occupation
Unknown
Role
Human Rights Defender · Political Activist
Record ID
CNHRA-P-362831
Visual Records
Guo Feixiong.
Biography
Guo Feixiong is the pen name of Yang Maodong, a writer and civic advocate involved in grassroots rights and political expression.[2]
HRW recounts Guo’s publishing work, assistance connecting Taishi villagers seeking officials’ recall with journalists and lawyers in 2005, and asset-transparency advocacy.[2]
HRW records Zhang Qing and their children moving to the US in 2009, a later ban on Guo traveling to care for her and her death the month after his December 2021 detention.[2]
Case Summary
The UN expert statement of October 18, 2023 records custody from December 5, 2021, about six months without lawyer access, an eight-year sentence in May 2023 and appellate affirmance in June.[1]
HRW recounts eleven years across two prison terms between 2006 and 2019.[1][2]
The October 2023 UN and HRW accounts raise health and treatment concerns. The UN statement uses subversion terminology and HRW uses incitement.[1][2]
Timeline
2021-12-05
Renewed custody recorded by a UN expert
2023-05
Sentenced to eight years in a new case
2023-06
Appeal upheld, according to a UN expert
The October UN statement records appellate affirmance of the eight-year term in June without an exact day.[1]
Related Events
Sources
- [1]
CNHRA-S-567420OHCHR
Evidence location: Body: advocacy, 2021–2023 case, eight-year sentence and expert assessment.
- [2]
CNHRA-S-140165Human Rights Watch
Evidence location: Body: pen name, two earlier imprisonments, 2023 term and attributed health information.
- [3]
CNHRA-S-379651Wikimedia Commons
Evidence location: Photograph, subject description, author and licensing section.