1. In 2005 and 2006, human rights groups reported that Guo Feixiong was taken into custody and beaten on multiple occasions for his human rights advocacy, including his work on the Taishi village standoff.
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The beating of Guo Feixiong was reportedly one of the catalysts behind a rolling nationwide hunger strike organized by Guo's friend and associate Gao Zhisheng.
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Guo Feixiong was arrested on 30 September 2006 and detained on charges of "illegal business activity" connection with the publication of a book on a political scandal in Liaoning province, Shenyang Political Earthquake.
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Family members reported that Guo Feixiong was tortured in custody, deprived of sleep, and shocked with electric batons.
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Guo Feixiong was released on 13 September 2011, and stated that he remained committed to the cause of human rights advocacy.
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On 8 August 2013, Guo Feixiong was again arrested on suspicion of "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place".
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On 10 December 2013, the Tianhe District Branch of the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau recommended that Guo Feixiong be indicted for the crime of "gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place", along with Sun Desheng, another activist.
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Guo Feixiong is the recipient of the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk.
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On 28 January 2021, Guo Feixiong was arrested by the border inspection on the grounds of 'endangering national security' at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, when he was about to board a flight to the United States to visit his cancer-stricken wife.
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Guo Feixiong was again detained in December 2021 and formally arrested on the charge of "subversion to state power" on 12 January 2022, two days after the death of his wife, Zhang Qing, in the United States.
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Guo Feixiong had repeatedly pleaded with authorities to be allowed to visit her and his children after she had been diagnosed in January 2021 with terminal illness.
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On 11 May 2023, Guo Feixiong was found guilty of inciting subversion of state power to a prison term of eight years.
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Guo Feixiong was married to Zhang Qing, with whom he had two children; a son and a daughter.
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Guo Feixiong was arrested in January 2021 at Shanghai airport as he tried to visit his dying wife.