Yang Xiong is named in International Labour Organization freedom-of-association records and Asia Watch reporting among Changsha Workers’ Autonomous Federation members detained after the 1989 democracy movement. The reviewed source set renders his name in romanization; no Chinese-character form is assigned without reliable evidence.
Canonical profile
See the canonical Person Profile for Yang Xiong.
Documented record
Asia Watch reported Yang among five Changsha Workers’ Autonomous Federation leaders arrested around June 16, 1989. The ILO Committee on Freedom of Association later recorded the PRC government’s response that Yang received four years’ imprisonment for disturbing public order. The original judgment has not been recovered in the evidence set used here.
Source relationship
The ILO government-response record and later human-rights reporting overlap in evidentiary lineage, so they are not represented as two independent confirmations. Contemporary official accusations are retained only as attributed allegations.
Source register
- International Labour Organization, Committee on Freedom of Association, Case No. 1500 — China records including the government response reporting the Changsha sentences.
- Asia Watch / Human Rights Watch — reporting on the post-June-1989 crackdown on independent workers’ organizations.
Research limits
The reviewed material does not establish a definitive Chinese-character form, occupation, precise federation office, original judgment, custody facility, release chronology, post-release history, or current status. None is inferred.