This archive preserves source reporting on Ji Xiaolong (季孝龙), a Shanghai-based rights activist detained in August 2022 and sentenced in October 2023 to four years and six months in prison.
This archive accompanies the profile Ji Xiaolong (季孝龙).
Source chronology
- 2015: Chinese Human Rights Defenders reports a ten-day administrative detention over Ji’s democratic-rights advocacy.
- 2018–2022: Ji was detained in July 2018 after writing political slogans, later sentenced to three years and six months, and released in February 2022, according to CHRD.
- August 29–31, 2022: Ji published an open letter criticizing Shanghai’s COVID-lockdown policies and was taken from his home two days later.
- September 23, 2022: Formally arrested, according to CHRD.
- March 17, 2023: Indicted by the Pudong New District Procuratorate.
- June 21, 2023: Tried at the Shanghai Pudong New District Court. Radio Free Asia reported that his father and lawyers disputed the prosecution’s public-order theory and investigative procedures.
- October 27, 2023: Sentenced to four years and six months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” as reported by ChinaAid and other rights sources.
- March 21, 2024: A second trial was held after Ji appealed. ChinaAid reported that Ji alleged abuse in detention. The appeal outcome was not publicly documented in the sources reviewed for this archive.
- August 31, 2026: Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 roster lists Ji among reported current-custody cases.
Source links
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders profile
- ChinaAid sentencing report, November 2023
- ChinaAid second-trial report, April 2024
- Radio Free Asia trial report, June 22, 2023
Conflicts and evidentiary limits
One CHRD timeline line gives October 23, 2023 for sentencing, while its profile header and ChinaAid report October 27; this archive uses October 27 because it is corroborated across sources. ChinaAid’s April 2024 account contains inconsistent naming of the court for the second trial, so this archive does not identify that court. No appeal outcome is asserted. Detention-condition allegations remain source-attributed and unverified. No sentence-end or projected release date is published here.