Xu Jian (许健) — Media Archive
Profile: Xu Jian (许健)
Source records for Xu Jian (许健)
Item 1 — CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database record (record entry for 许健 / “Xu Jian”) (tenchu.org/pocd/public/searchpage). Outlet/database: Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Prisoners of Conscience (PoC) database, a recognized human-rights monitoring organization’s prisoner database. Record entry date: 2024-02-01 (record content includes case biography updated through at least January 2026). Content: identifies the subject as 许健 (“Xu Jian”), male, taken on 2024-01-03; charge 寻衅滋事罪 (“Picking quarrels provoking troubles”); sentence 2 years; release date 2026-01-10; detention location unknown. The attached biography narrates the case in detail: the subject’s Nantong origin and his wife Zhu Peijuan’s petitioning; her interception and beating on 2021-10-10; her detention on 2023-12-25 and placement under designated-residence surveillance on 2023-12-30; Xu Jian’s detention on 2024-01-03, denial of lawyer visits at Tongzhou District Detention Center, conversion from administrative to criminal detention, trial at Haimen District Court, the June 2024 two-year sentence, and a stated release on 2026-01-10 upon completion of the sentence. Verification status: verified (queried directly via the PoC dosearch interface on 2026-10-10; name=许健 returned exactly one row; the record’s 2-year sentence independently matches the Issue 131 roster band).
Item 2 — Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report, Issue 131, dated 2026-08-31 (chinahrc.org/content/43092/). 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), an established independent Chinese-language rights monitoring site; the report covers 1,638 mainland political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Content relevant to this subject: lists 许健 in the 判刑 2 年 (sentenced to 2 years) sentencing band and classifies him as in custody as of the report date. Verification status: verified (read via the Chinese edition scrape held on file since 2026-10-09; the ZH/EN edition positional equation established the 许健 identity in the prior run).
Item 3 — RFA Mandarin article (referenced inside the CHRD record’s biography). Outlet: Radio Free Asia (Mandarin), an established international media outlet. URL as cited by the CHRD record: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/gf-01022024094022.html (the link appears inside the CHRD biography’s “other sources” section; date on the URL suggests January 2024 coverage of the case). Verification status: unverified — click-verification pending (the domain was unreachable from this run’s environment; recorded here for the downstream publisher to open and confirm). Do NOT attribute article content until it is opened.
Chronology preserved for the archive
- 2019-08: uncle of Zhu Peijuan dies in an accident; petitioning begins (per CHRD bio).
- 2021-10-10: Zhu intercepted en route to Beijing, beaten; injuries assessed as first-degree minor injury (per CHRD bio).
- 2023-12-25 → 2023-12-30: Zhu detained; designated-residence residential surveillance notice issued (per CHRD bio).
- 2024-01-03: Xu Jian taken by police; 2024-01-04: call to family; lawyer visit refused (per CHRD bio).
- 2024-01-11: administrative detention expires; criminal detention notice issued (per CHRD bio).
- 2024-06: sentenced to 2 years by Haimen District Court (per CHRD bio); matches Issue 131 2-year band.
- 2026-01-10: CHRD bio states release on completion of sentence; Issue 131 (2026-08-31) still lists him in custody — conflict unresolved.
Consulate / official-source check
PRC official or state-media record of this case: not found. Consular or diplomatic attention to Xu Jian as an individual: not documented anywhere. Recorded as not found.
Contradictions / gaps
- Custody-status conflict between CHRD bio (released 2026-01-10) and Issue 131 (in custody as of 2026-08-31) — explicitly stated on the Person page; no independent tie-breaker exists.
- No age, occupation beyond petitioner status, or trial/court-document primary source was located.
- The RFA article link awaits click-verification.
Profile: Xu Jian (许健)