Concerns Grow for Health of Detained Chinese Lawyer

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong in Beijing, China. © 2017 AP Photo “Our ideals have become clearer, and our dream is political. The Citizens’ Movement calls on everyone to act like a citizen. When [this movement] becomes stronger, China’s transformation will lead us to a positive future.” That positive future – or the courage to imagine a “beautiful China” – is now hanging by a thread, as the speaker of those words, Dr. Xu Zhiyong, has been on a hunger strike since October 4.Xu, 51, one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers, has been wrongfully imprisoned…

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