January 26, 2014: Zhang Qingfang, lawyer of legal scholar and founder of the New Citizens movement Xu Zhiyong, speaks to the media near the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, in Beijing . The Beijing court on Sunday sentenced Xu to four years in jail for disrupting order in public places, in a case that the U.S. government and other critics say is retribution against his push to fight corruption and create equal educational opportunities. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)