中国民主党浙江委员会徐光即将出狱 中国民主党浙江委员会 徐光，1968年9月11日出生，户籍地杭州市富阳区富春街道邮舍弄2幢407室，现住杭州市西湖区外东山弄42号3单元601室，是中国民主党浙江委员会的创始人之一，也是浙江民主党最重要的负责人之一，以下是他的简介： 1986年至1990年，徐光就读于杭州大学生物系，毕业后直至1999年6月因中国民主党组党案第一次被捕坐牢前，是家乡富阳市环保局环境监测站工作人员。 徐光是一九八九年春夏之交杭州大学的学运领袖之一，并由杭州大学团结学生会主席叶坚定派往浙江省高（校）自（治）联（合会）的代表，是浙江高校尤其是在杭高校武林广场学生绝食团成员，抗议中共“四·二六社论《必须旗帜鲜明地反对动乱》”对爱国学生运动的污蔑，反对北京戒严和派军队镇压，声援在北京天安门集会的同学。 1995年11月27日，徐光参与了王东海先生牵头，由傅国涌、王有才、陈龙德、吴高兴、毛国良、陈树庆、胡贤焕等人签名联署的致全国人大常委会《无条件释放魏京生——推进民主和法制建设》声明。1996年“六四”7周年期间，徐光又和前述众人参与了由王东海先生起草的《呼吁立即释放魏京生、王丹、刘念春、张林、胡石根、徐永海等一切在押的政治犯和宗教犯》的联名呼吁，要求重新评价六四和八九民运、广泛开展与社会各界的对话、有秩序有步骤地进行渐进式政治体制改革等五项建议，并在浙江民运同仁的聚会中多次提出要组织独立自主的在野党，以实现对执政党中共的有效监督与制衡。 1998年6月徐光和王有才、王东海、林辉、吴义龙、祝正明、朱虞夫、王荣清、毛庆祥、戚惠民、王培剑、单称峰等人筹组了中国民主党浙江委员会（筹），是其核心成员。1999年春，徐光在家乡富阳与楼裕根、王有华、蒋雪标、王杭立等人组建了“中国民主党浙江省富阳市筹委会”，并起草《中国民主党富阳市筹备委员会成立公开宣言》，是中国民主党第一个县级组织。徐光还撰写了《抓不完的中国民主党》等文章在浙江民主党刊物《在野党》上发表，公开倡导民主、宪政与人权。同年6月23日，徐光被杭州市公安局羁押，9月15被杭州市检察院批准逮捕，11月9日徐光被浙江省杭州市中级人民法院以“颠覆国家政权罪”判处有期徒刑5年，剥夺政治权利2年。徐光不服提出上诉，12月10日浙江省高级人民法院二审做出裁定维持原判。判决生效后徐光被关押在浙江省乔司监狱，在监狱服刑期间，徐光拒不接受所谓的管教和改造，继续反对中共的专制独裁，传播民主思想，并且每逢“六四”他都要在狱中绝食24小时，令监狱当局头痛不已，因此他每年都要被严管，还屢遭獄警嚴酷毒打，被囚鐵籠，遭牢头狱霸（通常有狱警暗中指使或怂恿）淋屎尿等虐待。 2004年9月14日，徐光刑满出狱出。每逢“六四”，除继续保持多年来绝食一天的周年纪念习惯外，徐光还常发表文章或以其他方式敦促当局平反六四，并积极参与各项推动民主、捍卫人权的活动_。由于受共产党专制暴政的迫害，浙江很多民主党人的生活和就业都遭遇到不少困难，常年来徐光总是力所能及地帮助这些同仁和家属，每年中国民主党浙江委员会春节募款，徐光也是捐得最多的人之一。 2004年11月由王荣清先生主持起草并提交全国人大常委会《中国政党法草案》，徐光是中国民主党浙江筹委会对该草案的11位审议人 （吴远明、王东海、王富华、陈树庆、徐光、楼裕根、单称峰、萧利彬、王荣耀、杨建民、尉国平 ） 之一，他在审议书上说“出台《政党法》是民主政治的一个重要里程碑，民主与法治，是“六四”大学生与中国民主党人的共同理想”。以《中国政党法草案》事件为契机，使得中国民主党的组党活动冲出1999年中共当局对中国民主党组党活动第二波大镇压后的数年低谷。 2005年4月16日上午10时许，徐光在杭州黄龙体育中心参加反日游行队伍，提倡“反日，不仅要反对历史上日本军国主义的侵略，更应当反省我们自己为什么落后、为什么挨打”，因高喊“打倒汉奸！”、“打倒出卖国土的卖国贼！”，被警察一拥而上强行拖进警车带走，以“在被剥夺政治权利期问未经批准擅自离开所在县市参加游行集会”为由，对其行政拘留十五日。 2006年2月，徐光参与北京由高智晟、赵昕、胡佳发起，浙江由陈树庆组织协调的维权抗暴接力绝食活动。陈树庆和王东海、王荣清和徐光、单称峰和吕耿松两人一组绝食二十四小时，接过第七、八、九棒，加上后来参与的许多中国民主党在浙成员，无论持续时间和参与人数，浙江民主党人在该项活动的关键时刻，起到了承前启后的加速作用。 2006年5月得知中国民主党浙江委员会的祝正明先生获释，徐光与王荣清、楼裕根、陈树庆等人来回驱车千里从杭州专程赶往江山祝正明的老家看望，介绍近几年浙江民主党人的活动，还为祝先生回杭从新融入当时的浙江民主党活动与百姓维权活动做了一定的铺垫。 2013年9月21日，10时30分左右，在杭州西湖断桥边的亭子处，徐光与楼黎明、钱小玲等其他经济适用房维权人员一起，徐光采用往身上贴“同房同政，法不溯往”的标语、喊“打倒法西斯”口号等方式进行维权，引起群众围观。警方认为他们的行为影响了西湖的游览秩序，根据《中华人民共和国治安管理处罚法》第二十三条第一款第（二）项之规定，决定给予徐光行政拘留十日的处罚。徐光认为，他的的中国民主党身份，不仅处罚最重，而在拘留所受到严管和虐待，徐光为此绝食一周。10月1日释放的那天，杭州市公安局国保支队正副支队长亲自率队到拘留所阻拦民主党人迎接徐光，并对预知的民主党迎接人员提前采取措施：早上六时多一点，陈树庆就被三个便衣阻挡在住所的单元门外，吕耿松在去接徐光的半路上被俩协警追上硬拉了回去，警方还将民主党人谭凯、楼保生、王富华等带到派出羁押八九个小时……。 徐光不服该行政拘留，先向杭州市公安局提出了行政复议，2013年12月20日，徐光向杭州市西湖区法院提起行政诉讼。徐光的代理人在法庭上严正指出，徐光当时在现场喊“打倒法西斯”，是因为有不明身份的便衣人员对断桥景点休闲游玩的公民肆无忌惮地使用了暴力，而被告对这些便衣不予追究，却将见义勇为制止暴力行为的原告实行处罚，这实在是混淆是非，颠倒黑白，是对原告的构害，原告和代理人希望西湖区法院撤销被告的处罚决定，维护法律，维护法治正义 2014年2月底，陈开频先生到台湾代表中国民主党浙江委员会与当时国民党执政的中华民国总统马英九约谈，与民进党领导人苏贞昌、蔡英文等人的见面，商讨如何通过两岸间的政党交流“支持大陆民主，捍卫台湾自由”、“保和平，促（民主）统一”的议题。因陈开频收到萧山公安“回来要判重刑”的威胁，从3月6日下午2时10分陈开频飞抵萧山国际机场起，徐光、陈子亮、谭凯、吴远明（任伟仁）、来金彪、陈兆容、邹巍和姜在鸿等人数度往返机场等候及到陈开频家中探望安慰年迈的陈开频父母（当时都已80多岁），并将据推测被当局“秘密失踪（软禁和观望）”的情况及时通报外界，尤其是陈立群、盛雪两位大姐参与营救和呼吁，得到海内外广泛关注，为陈开频先生3月17安全回家中、避免遭受政治迫害起到了不可或缺的作用。 2014年4月2日，徐光因在QQ及微信群上发帖与聊天，开玩笑说“共产党可以在嘉兴南湖租一条船召开一大，民主党也可以在杭州西湖租一条船召开一大”，便以此为“证据”4月3日浙江省杭州市公安局拘留了徐光，5月9日逮捕，涉嫌颠覆国家政权关押于杭州市西湖区看守所，关押期间徐光长期坚持绝食抗议。当时，江西明理律师事务所创始人，著名的维权大律师郭莲辉先生受徐光姐姐的委托，担任了他的代理律师，律师数次要求会见当事人都未获公安准许，但接收了律师的法律意见书，该意见书明确指出徐光的言论与颠覆国家政权不具备必然的法律关系，请求公安机关撤销该案。据维权网2014年5月10日报道，一千两百余名各界人士联署，认为，当局以莫须有的罪名逮捕徐光，不仅严重侵犯了徐光的人身自由，也严重破坏了中国的法制和法治，强烈要求杭州市检察院释放徐光，2014年7月31日徐光被取保获释。 自2014年中国民主党浙江委员会主要负责人王荣清先生的去世，吕耿松、陈树庆的相继被捕与判刑，中国民主党迎来了公开组党以来最为持续漫长的又一轮政治迫害。徐光与邹巍、陈子亮、戚惠民、毛庆祥、严忠良等人及多次遭迫害刚出狱的朱虞夫一起，在及其险恶的环境中长期顶住压力，使得中国民主党浙江委员会的组织不散、大旗不倒、活动不止，做出了艰苦卓越的工作与贡献。 2018年4月25日，因组织和参与海内外民运人士共同发起的国际劳工节“全民共振”行动，呼吁中国各地民众5月1日聚集本地城市的广场，行使宪法所确认的公民权利，表达自己的诉求，推动中国的民主进步，徐光被行政拘留七日，直到5月2日过了该活动日期才得以获释。2019年8月5日公安机关对被告人徐光的三星手机进行检查，发现视频19部及图片、音频等当局敏感的内容，以“寻衅滋事”的名义对徐光再次做出了拘留六天的决定。 2022年5月24日，因“六四”将近，徐光收到居住区西湖区公安局分局玉泉派出所的传唤单，徐光未予理睬。5月25日上午，徐光在所居东山弄小区采购，途经辖区的玉泉派出所附近，正遇上该所民警，被带进派出所，告诫徐光“六四”将近，不要有什么涉“六四”的敏感言行，并强行收走了他的两个手机。徐光5月26日去玉泉派出所，一路举着写着“平反六四”的纸张，抗议公安对自己迫害，被西湖区警方刑事拘留并被抄家，国保警察威胁徐光称”要新旧账一起算，这次要重判他”，6月24日下午5时西湖区国保警察第二次对徐光家搜查。
2022年7月2日杭州市西湖区检察院以涉嫌寻衅滋事罪正式批捕徐光。徐光从被刑拘之日起即在杭州西湖区看守所内开始绝食抗议，每天仅靠鼻饲灌注维持生命。徐光家属委托了浙江当地最有名望的浙江左契律师事务所纪中久大律师、浙江碧剑律师事务所吴有水律师辩护人担任辩护人，但在案件移送审查起诉前的侦查阶段，当局拒绝律师会见被羁押的当事人。 2022年11月7日，杭州市西湖区人民检察院以西检刑诉(2022)560号《起诉书》指控被告人徐光犯寻衅滋事罪，提起公诉。指控徐光2018年至2022年期间，在微信、脸书、电报、油管上发布视频、文章，散布损害国家形象，危害国家利益的虚假信息，在网络上寻衅滋事”。徐光认为系当局构陷，徐光称自己作为当年杭州六四学运的参与者，每年都公开纪念“八九六四”和举牌“勿忘六四”。自己热爱祖国，坚信实现民主法治捍卫人权能更好地维护国家形象和国家利益，自己在不同场合所说的事，不能因为当局不敢公开澄清就被指控成虚假信息。中共当局为六四维稳需要，打压中国民主党人，所以在六四前抓捕自己，在见到委托律师后徐光坚决要求律师替自己做无罪辩护。 2024年4月3日杭州西湖区法院开庭宣判，《杭州市西湖区人民法院刑事判决书》(2022)浙0106刑初561号以寻衅滋事罪对徐光判刑4年，刑期至2026年5月19日。 判决生效后，被关押在杭州北郊监狱（杭州市钱塘区下沙街道北创路9号），2024年8月起，徐光被转押于杭州市北郊监狱医院，据《维权网》信息中心2024年11月29日报道：获刑4年的浙江杭州民主党人、八九学生领袖徐光自被捕至今不准家属探望，此前徐光长期绝食抗争，监狱采取鼻饲方式，徐光也经常拔掉鼻饲管，体重仅八十多斤。而绝食抗议行为在监狱被视作服刑人员抗拒管教的严重违规，会受到许多惩罚，包括“高度戒备（关禁闭或蹲铁笼）”、取消与家属通讯和会见等等。徐光曾托人要求家人带内衣裤和日常用品，但是家人送去仍旧遭到狱方拒绝，家人担忧徐光恐遭不测，希望海内外呼吁、关注。 徐光多次入狱累计刑期已超9年，是中国长期坚持民主理念的政治犯之一。其案例常被国际人权组织和海外媒体关注。2026年5月19日，是徐光刑满出狱的日子，他的安危与健康状态，由于中共当局尤其是监狱当局的封锁消息，至今仍是一个迷，届时海内外徐光的中国民主党同仁及其他所有的众多热爱自由民主的朋友，一定会继续予以必要守望。 中国民主党浙江委员会 2026年5月12日
Xu Guang of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee is About to Be Released from Prison
China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee
Xu Guang, born on September 11, 1968, whose registered permanent residence is Room 407, Building 2, Youshe Lane, Fuchun Sub-district, Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, and who currently resides at Room 601, Unit 3, No. 42 Waichongshan Lane, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, is one of the founders of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee and one of the most important leaders of the Zhejiang Democracy Party. The following is his biography:
From 1986 to 1990, Xu Guang studied in the Department of Biology at Hangzhou University. After graduation and until June 1999, when he was arrested and imprisoned for the first time due to the China Democracy Party organization case, he was a staff member at the Environmental Monitoring Station of the Environmental Protection Bureau of his hometown, Fuyang City.
Xu Guang was one of the student movement leaders at Hangzhou University during the turn of spring and summer in 1989. He was sent as a representative to the Zhejiang Provincial Higher Education Self-Autonomy United Association by Ye Jianding, the president of the Solidarity Student Union of Hangzhou University. He was a member of the student hunger strike group at Wulin Square of higher education institutions in Zhejiang, particularly those in Hangzhou, protesting against the slander of the patriotic student movement by the Chinese Communist Party’s April 26 editorial titled “We Must Take a Clear-Cut Stand Against Turmoil”, opposing the Beijing martial law and the deployment of troops for suppression, and supporting classmates gathering at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
On November 27, 1995, Xu Guang participated in the joint statement to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress titled “Unconditional Release of Wei Jingsheng—Advancing the Construction of Democracy and the Legal System”, which was spearheaded by Mr. Wang Donghai and co-signed by Fu Guoyong, Wang Youcai, Chen Longde, Wu Gaoxing, Mao Guoliang, Chen Shuqing, Hu Xianhuan, and others. During the 7th anniversary of “June Fourth” in 1996, Xu Guang and the aforementioned individuals again participated in the joint appeal drafted by Mr. Wang Donghai titled “An Appeal for the Immediate Release of All Detained Political and Religious Prisoners Including Wei Jingsheng, Wang Dan, Liu Nianchun, Zhang Lin, Hu Shigen, Xu Yonghai”. The appeal put forward five recommendations, including re-evaluating the June Fourth and 1989 democracy movements, extensively conducting dialogues with all walks of life, and carrying out progressive political structural reform in an orderly and step-by-step manner. In gatherings of Zhejiang democracy movement colleagues, he repeatedly proposed organizing an independent opposition party to achieve effective supervision, checks, and balances against the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
In June 1998, Xu Guang, along with Wang Youcai, Wang Donghai, Lin Hui, Wu Yilong, Zhu Zhengming, Zhu Yufu, Wang Rongqing, Mao Qingxiang, Qi Huimin, Wang Peijian, Shan Chengfeng, and others, prepared for the establishment of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee (Preparatory) and served as its core member. In the spring of 1999, Xu Guang, together with Lou Yugen, Wang Youhua, Jiang Xuebiao, Wang Hangli, and others, established the “Fuyang City Preparatory Committee of the China Democracy Party, Zhejiang Province” in his hometown of Fuyang, and drafted the “Public Declaration on the Establishment of the Fuyang City Preparatory Committee of the China Democracy Party”, which was the first county-level organization of the China Democracy Party. Xu Guang also wrote articles such as “The Endless Arrests of the China Democracy Party”, which were published in “The Opposition Party”, a publication of the Zhejiang Democracy Party, publicly advocating for democracy, constitutionalism, and human rights. On June 23 of the same year, Xu Guang was detained by the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau; on September 15, his arrest was approved by the Hangzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate; on November 9, Xu Guang was sentenced to 5 years of fixed-term imprisonment and 2 years of deprivation of political rights by the Hangzhou Municipal Intermediate People’s Court of Zhejiang Province for the crime of “subverting state power.” Dissatisfied, Xu Guang filed an appeal. On December 10, the Higher People’s Court of Zhejiang Province made a second-instance ruling to sustain the original judgment. After the verdict took effect, Xu Guang was imprisoned in Qiaosi Prison in Zhejiang Province. While serving his sentence in prison, Xu Guang refused to accept the so-called discipline and reform, continued to oppose the autocratic dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party, and spread democratic ideas. Furthermore, on every anniversary of “June Fourth,” he would go on a 24-hour hunger strike in prison, causing great headaches for the prison authorities. Consequently, he was placed under strict management every year and was repeatedly subjected to severe and cruel beatings by prison guards, confined in iron cages, and abused by prison bosses and cell bullies (usually instigated or encouraged secretly by prison guards) who poured feces and urine over him.
On September 14, 2004, Xu Guang completed his sentence and was released from prison. On every anniversary of “June Fourth,” besides continuing his long-standing habit of a one-day anniversary hunger strike, Xu Guang frequently published articles or used other means to urge the authorities to vindicate June Fourth, and actively participated in various activities to promote democracy and defend human rights. Due to the persecution by the Communist autocratic tyranny, many members of the Democracy Party in Zhejiang encountered considerable difficulties in their lives and employment. Over the years, Xu Guang always did his utmost to help these colleagues and their families. In the annual Chinese New Year fundraising by the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee, Xu Guang was also one of the people who donated the most.
In November 2004, the “Draft Political Party Law of the People’s Republic of China”, drafted and submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress under the presidency of Mr. Wang Rongqing, included Xu Guang as one of the 11 reviewers (Wu Yuanming, Wang Donghai, Wang Fuhua, Chen Shuqing, Xu Guang, Lou Yugen, Shan Chengfeng, Xiao Libin, Wang Rongyao, Yang Jianmin, Wei Guoping) from the Zhejiang Preparatory Committee of the China Democracy Party. In his review comments, he stated: “The introduction of the Political Party Law is an important milestone in democratic politics. Democracy and the rule of law are the common ideals of the ‘June Fourth’ college students and the members of the China Democracy Party.” Taking the “Draft Political Party Law” event as an opportunity, the party-building activities of the China Democracy Party broke through several years of low trough following the second wave of massive crackdowns by the CCP authorities on the China Democracy Party’s organizing activities in 1999.
At around 10:00 AM on April 16, 2005, Xu Guang participated in an anti-Japanese protest march at the Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center, advocating that “being anti-Japanese should not only mean opposing the aggression of Japanese militarism in history, but we should even more reflect on why we ourselves were backward and why we were beaten.” Because he shouted slogans like “Down with traitors!” and “Down with the sellouts who betray our national territory!”, police swarmed forward, forcibly dragged him into a police car, and took him away. On the grounds of “leaving his residing county or city to participate in marches and assemblies without approval during the period of deprivation of political rights,” they placed him under administrative detention for fifteen days.
In February 2006, Xu Guang participated in the relay hunger strike against tyranny and for rights protection initiated in Beijing by Gao Zhisheng, Zhao Xin, and Hu Jia, and organized and coordinated in Zhejiang by Chen Shuqing. Chen Shuqing and Wang Donghai, Wang Rongqing and Xu Guang, Shan Chengfeng and Lyu Gengsong went on 24-hour hunger strikes in pairs, taking over the seventh, eighth, and ninth legs of the relay. Together with many members of the China Democracy Party in Zhejiang who joined later, Zhejiang Democracy Party members played an accelerating role that carried forward the cause at the crucial moment of the event, regardless of the duration and the number of participants.
In May 2006, upon learning that Mr. Zhu Zhengming of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee was released, Xu Guang, along with Wang Rongqing, Lou Yugen, Chen Shuqing, and others, drove a round trip of thousands of miles specifically from Hangzhou to Mr. Zhu Zhengming’s hometown in Jiangshan to visit him, introducing the activities of the Zhejiang Democracy Party members over the past few years, and paving the way for Mr. Zhu’s return to Hangzhou to reintegrate into the activities of the Zhejiang Democracy Party and the citizens’ rights defense movements at that time.
On September 21, 2013, at around 10:30 AM, at a pavilion near the Broken Bridge of the West Lake in Hangzhou, Xu Guang, along with Lou Liming, Qian Xiaoling, and other rights-defense personnel for affordable housing, engaged in rights-defense actions. Xu Guang pasted slogans on his body reading “Same housing, same policy; laws do not apply retroactively” and shouted slogans such as “Down with fascists,” drawing a crowd of onlookers. The police deemed that their behavior affected the order of sightseeing at West Lake and, according to the provisions of Item (2), Paragraph 1, Article 23 of the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Penalties for Administration of Public Security”, decided to penalize Xu Guang with ten days of administrative detention. Xu Guang believed that due to his identity with the China Democracy Party, not only was his punishment the heaviest, but he was also subjected to strict management and abuse in the detention center; consequently, Xu Guang went on a hunger strike for a week. On the day of his release on October 1, the chief and deputy chief of the Domestic Security Squad of the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau personally led a team to the detention center to block Democracy Party members from welcoming Xu Guang, and took advance measures against the anticipated welcoming personnel: slightly after 6:00 AM, Chen Shuqing was blocked outside his residential unit door by three plainclothes officers; Lyu Gengsong was caught up by two auxiliary police officers halfway to pick up Xu Guang and was forcibly pulled back; the police also brought Democracy Party members Tan Kai, Lou Baosheng, Wang Fuhua, and others to local police stations and detained them for eight to nine hours…
Xu Guang did not accept the administrative detention. He first filed an administrative reconsideration with the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, and on December 20, 2013, Xu Guang filed an administrative lawsuit with the Xihu District People’s Court of Hangzhou. Xu Guang’s agent solemnly pointed out in court that Xu Guang shouted “Down with fascists” at the scene at that time because unidentified plainclothes personnel had used violence unscrupulously against citizens leisurely enjoying themselves at the Broken Bridge scenic spot, whereas the defendant did not hold those plainclothes officers accountable, but instead penalized the plaintiff who had acted courageously for a just cause to stop the violence. This truly confused right and wrong, turned black into white, and was a frame-up against the plaintiff. The plaintiff and the agent hoped that the Xihu District Court would revoke the defendant’s penalty decision to uphold the law and maintain the justice of the rule of law.
At the end of February 2014, Mr. Chen Kaipin went to Taiwan on behalf of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee to hold talks with Ma Ying-jeou, the President of the Republic of China when the Kuomintang was in power, and met with Democratic Progressive Party leaders Su Tseng-chang, Tsai Ing-wen, and others, discussing how to “support mainland democracy and defend Taiwan’s freedom” and “maintain peace and promote (democratic) unification” through cross-strait inter-party exchanges. Because Chen Kaipin received threats from the Xiaoshan Public Security stating that “you will be severely sentenced upon your return,” from the moment Chen Kaipin flew into Xiaoshan International Airport at 2:10 PM on March 6, Xu Guang, Chen Ziliang, Tan Kai, Wu Yuanming (Ren Weiren), Lai Jinbiao, Chen Zhaorong, Zou Wei, Jiang Zaihong, and others traveled back and forth to the airport several times to wait for him, and visited Chen Kaipin’s home to comfort his elderly parents (who were both over 80 years old at the time). They also timely informed the outside world of the situation, which was presumed to be a “secret disappearance (house arrest and observation)” by the authorities. In particular, the participation of Elder Sisters Chen Liqun and Sheng Xue in the rescue and appeals garnered widespread domestic and international attention, playing an indispensable role in ensuring Mr. Chen Kaipin’s safe return home on March 17 and preventing him from suffering political persecution.
On April 2, 2014, because Xu Guang posted and chatted in QQ and WeChat groups, jokingly saying, “The Communist Party could rent a boat on the South Lake of Jiaxing to hold its First National Congress, and the Democracy Party can also rent a boat on the West Lake of Hangzhou to hold its First National Congress,” the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau of Zhejiang Province used this as “evidence” to detain Xu Guang on April 3, and arrested him on May 9. Suspected of subverting state power, he was detained in the Xihu District Detention Center of Hangzhou City. During his detention, Xu Guang persisted in a long-term hunger strike protest. At that time, Mr. Guo Lianhui, the founder of Jiangxi Mingli Law Firm and a famous human rights defense lawyer, was entrusted by Xu Guang’s sister to serve as his defense attorney. The lawyer requested to meet with the client several times but was not permitted by the public security; however, they received the lawyer’s legal opinion letter. The opinion letter explicitly pointed out that Xu Guang’s speech did not bear an inevitable legal relationship to the subversion of state power, and requested the public security organ to dismiss the case. According to a report by Rights Defense Network on May 10, 2014, more than 1,200 people from all walks of life co-signed a petition, believing that the authorities’ arrest of Xu Guang on unwarranted charges not only severely violated Xu Guang’s personal freedom but also severely damaged China’s legal system and the rule of law, strongly demanding that the Hangzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate release Xu Guang. On July 31, 2014, Xu Guang was released on bail pending trial.
Since the passing of Mr. Wang Rongqing, the main person in charge of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee, in 2014, and the successive arrests and sentencing of Lyu Gengsong and Chen Shuqing, the China Democracy Party has entered another most prolonged and enduring round of political persecution since its public party-building. Xu Guang, together with Zou Wei, Chen Ziliang, Qi Huimin, Mao Qingxiang, Yan Zhongliang, and others, as well as Zhu Yufu, who had just been released from prison after multiple persecutions, withstood the pressure for a long time in an extremely perilous environment, ensuring that the organization of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee did not scatter, its banner did not fall, and its activities did not cease, making arduous and outstanding efforts and contributions.
On April 25, 2018, for organizing and participating in the International Labor Day “All-People Resonance” action jointly initiated by domestic and overseas pro-democracy activists—which called on people across China to gather in local city squares on May 1 to exercise their citizen rights recognized by the Constitution, express their demands, and promote democratic progress in China—Xu Guang was placed under administrative detention for seven days and was not released until May 2, after the date of the event had passed. On August 5, 2019, public security organs inspected defendant Xu Guang’s Samsung mobile phone and discovered 19 videos as well as pictures and audio containing sensitive content targeted by the authorities. Under the name of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” they once again made a decision to detain Xu Guang for six days.
On May 24, 2022, as “June Fourth” was approaching, Xu Guang received a summons from the Yuquan Police Station of the Xihu District Public Security Bureau of his residential area, which Xu Guang ignored. On the morning of May 25, while purchasing supplies in his residential Dongshannong Community, Xu Guang passed near the Yuquan Police Station within his jurisdiction and encountered police officers from the station. He was brought into the police station and cautioned that since “June Fourth” was approaching, he should not have any sensitive speech or behavior related to “June Fourth,” and his two mobile phones were forcibly confiscated. On May 26, Xu Guang went to the Yuquan Police Station, holding up papers written with “Vindicate June Fourth” along the way to protest the public security’s persecution against him. He was criminally detained by the Xihu District police, and his home was raided. Domestic security police threatened Xu Guang, claiming they “will settle both old and new accounts together, and will sentence him heavily this time.” At 5:00 PM on June 24, domestic security police of Xihu District searched Xu Guang’s home for the second time.
On July 2, 2022, the Xihu District People’s Procuratorate of Hangzhou City formally approved the arrest of Xu Guang on suspicion of the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. From the very day of his criminal detention, Xu Guang began a hunger strike protest inside the Hangzhou Xihu District Detention Center, relying solely on nasal feeding to sustain his life every day. Xu Guang’s family entrusted Attorney Ji Zhongjiu, a highly reputable lawyer from Zhejiang Zuoche Law Firm, and Attorney Wu Youshui from Zhejiang Bijian Law Firm to serve as his defense counsel. However, during the investigation phase before the case was transferred for review and prosecution, the authorities refused to allow the lawyers to meet with the detained client.
On November 7, 2022, the Xihu District People’s Procuratorate of Hangzhou City issued the Indictment No. Xijiang Xingsu (2022) 560, accusing the defendant Xu Guang of committing the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and initiating a public prosecution. It accused Xu Guang of “publishing videos and articles on WeChat, Facebook, Telegram, and YouTube between 2018 and 2022, disseminating false information that damages the national image and endangers national interests, and picking quarrels and provoking trouble on the internet.” Xu Guang maintained that it was a fabrication by the authorities. Xu Guang stated that as a participant in the Hangzhou June Fourth student movement back then, he publicly commemorates “Eight-Nine June Fourth” and holds signs reading “Do Not Forget June Fourth” every year. He loves his motherland and firmly believes that realizing democracy, the rule of law, and defending human rights can better maintain the national image and national interests. What he said on different occasions cannot be accused of being false information simply because the authorities dare not publicly clarify it. The CCP authorities arrested him before June Fourth out of the need for June Fourth stability maintenance to crack down on members of the China Democracy Party. After meeting his retained lawyers, Xu Guang firmly requested them to mount a plea of not guilty on his behalf.
On April 3, 2024, the Xihu District People’s Court of Hangzhou opened court to pronounce judgment. The Criminal Judgment of the Xihu District People’s Court of Hangzhou City (2022) Zhe 0106 Xingchu No. 561 sentenced Xu Guang to 4 years in prison for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, with the prison term running until May 19, 2026.
After the judgment took effect, he was detained in the Hangzhou Beijiao Prison (No. 9 Beichuang Road, Xiasha Sub-district, Qiantang District, Hangzhou City). Since August 2024, Xu Guang has been transferred to and detained in the Hangzhou Beijiao Prison Hospital. According to a report by the Information Center of Rights Defense Network on November 29, 2024: the Zhejiang Hangzhou Democracy Party member and 1989 student leader Xu Guang, who was sentenced to 4 years, has been barred from family visits since his arrest. Previously, Xu Guang engaged in a long-term hunger strike resistance, and the prison adopted nasal feeding methods; Xu Guang also frequently pulled out the nasal feeding tubes, and his weight dropped to only a little over eighty catties. Furthermore, hunger strike protests are regarded in prison as a serious violation of regulations by inmates resisting discipline, leading to many punishments, including “high-alert security (confinement in solitary or iron cages),” cancellation of communication and visits with family members, and so forth. Xu Guang once requested through someone that his family bring him underwear and daily necessities, but when his family delivered them, they were still rejected by the prison side. His family worries that Xu Guang might suffer an untoward accident and hopes for appeals and attention from both domestic and overseas circles.
Xu Guang has been imprisoned multiple times with an accumulated sentence exceeding 9 years, making him one of the political prisoners in China who have long persisted in democratic ideals. His case frequently draws the attention of international human rights organizations and overseas media. May 19, 2026, is the day Xu Guang completes his sentence and is released from prison. Due to the news blockade by the CCP authorities, especially the prison authorities, his safety and health status remain a mystery to this day. When the time comes, Xu Guang’s colleagues from the China Democracy Party at home and abroad, as well as all other numerous friends who love freedom and democracy, will certainly continue to maintain the necessary vigil.
China Democracy Party Zhejiang Committee
May 12, 2026
