Tag Archives: Guo Feixiong

Chinese Dissident’s Trial Is Cut Short After Lawyers Refuse to Attend

By CHRIS BUCKLEYSEPT. 12, 2014

13CHINA-master675A man was led away by plainclothes police outside the court where Yang Maodong, better known by his pen name, Continue reading

Defense denied access to case files, says Guo Feixiong

By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-09-12

Criminal proceedings are scheduled to begin in Guangzhou today against human rights activist and lawyer Yang Maodong (杨茂东), most often known by his nom de plume, Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄). Continue reading

Xiao Guozhen: Meet Guo Feixiong

By Xiao Guozhen, published: July 23, 2014

This is China Change’s second profile of Guo Feixiong. Read the one by Xiao Shu.

 

On August 8, 2013, Guangzhou-based rights activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄, a.k.a. Yang Maodong) disappeared. Ten days later following a sustained uproar on social media, his sister finally confirmed his criminal detention upon receiving a notice of such from the Chinese police for allegedly “assembling a crowd Continue reading

Guo Feixiong and Sun Desheng Indictment

Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate for the Tianhe District

Indictment

GZ Tianhe Procuratorate criminal indict. (2014) No. 1343

 

Defendant Yang Maodong (a.k.a. Guo Feixiong), male, born August 2, 1966, ethnic Han, undergraduate university education level, ID number: 42010219660802****, place of household registration: [redacted by translators], Continue reading

China indicts activist who backed press freedom

By AP News Jun 24, 2014 7:22PM UTC

BEIJING (AP) — A lawyer for the prominent Chinese activist Yang Maodong says Yang has been indicted on the charge of gathering crowds to disrupt public order more than 10 months after he was taken into police custody. Continue reading

China Activist to Stand Trial, Lawyer Says

By CHRIS BUCKLEY JUNE 24, 2014
HONG KONG — Prosecutors in southern China have decided to put on trial a well-known human rights campaigner, Yang Maodong, on charges of disrupting public order, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Continue reading