Present classification: Present status under review · Region: Mainland China
Overview
Qi Zhiyong (齐志勇) is a survivor of the 1989 Beijing crackdown and a public witness who later engaged in democracy, disability-rights, and June Fourth remembrance advocacy.
Documented public record
The controlled evidence baseline includes Amnesty International, Radio Free Asia, and rights-monitoring sources spanning 1995–2024. Those sources document recurring episodes of detention, house arrest, surveillance, and political controls. These episodes are treated separately and are not combined into a single continuous custodial term.
Status caution
Reports in January 2024 stated that Qi had died, but stronger family or authoritative confirmation has not yet been recovered. Free China Movement therefore preserves his death status as under verification rather than presenting it as established fact.
Evidence and open questions
Primary 1989 medical records, police detention and house-arrest files, and stronger death confirmation remain research priorities. This profile does not infer facts beyond the controlled evidence.
Media and documentary archive
View the Qi Zhiyong Media Profile & Archive.
Last evidence-baseline audit: 2026-09-09.