Guo Feixiong, a human rights attorney and political commentator in China, was found guilty of “incitement to subvert state power” and given an eight-year jail term. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands the release of Chinese political commentator Guo Feixiong, who was recently given an eight-year jail term after serving more than twelve years in the past.
Yang Maodong, a Chinese political analyst and human rights attorney best known by his pen name Guo Feixiong, was found guilty of “incitement to subvert state power” and sentenced to eight years in jail by a Guangzhou (southern China) court on May 11, 2023. Guo, 56, was covertly detained on 5 December 2021, and two days after his wife passed away from sickness, he was formally brought into jail on 12 January 2022.
Guo was found guilty by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court for posting articles on his website that were critical of the Chinese government. Diplomats from the US, UK, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, and the Netherlands were allegedly prohibited from attending the trial, according to a Reuters media report.
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