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On 18 March 2022 ahead of the EU-China summit, Xu was among the shortlist of human rights defenders called for release in a joint NGO letter to the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joint NGO letter ahead of EU-China summit |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/18/joint-ngo-letter-ahead-eu-china-summit |website=[[Human Rights Watch]] |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>

On June 13, 2022, the Intermediate People’s Court of Linyi issued a notice of a pretrial meeting scheduled for June 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3181703/veteran-chinese-human-rights-lawyers-expected-face-trial-soon|title=Veteran Chinese human rights lawyers expected to face trial soon |first=Rui|last=Guo|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=June 15, 2022|access-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref> Lawyers and a rights group said on June 17 that Xu would stand trial for "subversion" on June 22. He had been indicted on that charge in August 2021, and there had been no information about him since.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/tria-xuzhiyong-06172022112646.html|title=Charges against citizens' movement leader Xu Zhiyong 'trumped up': lawyers|first1=Hsiao-hwa|last1=Hsia|work=[[Radio Free Asia]]|date=June 17, 2017|access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref> On April 10, 2023, Xu was sentenced after a closed trial to 14 years in prison; fellow human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi was sentenced to 12 years on the same charge.<ref name="nyt_20230410">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/world/asia/china-activists-prison.html|title=China sentences leading rights activists to 14 and 12 years in prison|first=Vivian|last=Wang|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="cnn_20230410"/> In response, UN Human Rights Chief [[Volker TurkTürk]] published his statement, "I am very concerned that two prominent human rights defenders in China – [[Ding Jiaxi]] and Xu Zhiyong – have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, at variance with international human rights law standards."<ref>{{cite web |title=Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on sentencing of human rights defenders in China |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2023/04/comment-un-human-rights-chief-volker-turk-sentencing-human-rights-defenders |website=[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref> Ding and Xu's convictions were upheld in November 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/19/china-human-rights-activist-li-qiaochu-trial|title=China rights activist goes on trial for 'inciting subversion of state power'|first=Amy|last=Hawkins|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=December 19, 2023|access-date=December 28, 2023}}</ref>

==Prominent writings and speeches==