Jiangsu rights activist Xiong Juxiang detained by local authorities for “disturbing the order of a unit” after “successfully registering with the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration”

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On July 3, 2026, this outlet learned that on June 30, 2026, Jiangsu Zhenjiang rights activist Xiong Juxiang was brought back from Yanjiao, Hebei, by the Public Security Sub-Bureau of Runzhou District, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, and administratively detained under the charge of “disturbing the order of a unit” because she had “successfully registered with the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration.”

The Administrative Penalty Decision issued by the Runzhou Sub-Bureau of the Zhenjiang Municipal Public Security Bureau explicitly states that the reason for punishing Xiong Juxiang was: “......went to Beijing multiple times to petition illegally, including successfully registering six times with the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, causing relevant departments of the local government to carry out search and repatriation efforts multiple times, seriously disrupting the working order of the relevant units.”

The absurdity and unreasonableness of the basis on which the local public security authorities enforce the law is no longer concealed: 1. The local public security authorities characterized Xiong Juxiang’s “petitioning illegally in Beijing,” yet she “successfully registered six times with the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration.” How could “illegal petitioning” “successfully register six times with the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration”? Is the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration at fault, or are the local authorities in Runzhou at fault? 2. The local public security authorities characterized Xiong Juxiang as “seriously disrupting the working order of the relevant units,” yet since she “successfully registered six times with the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration,” this shows that she did not disrupt the order of that institution. Moreover, she did not go to the local government departments; it was only because she “caused relevant departments of the local government to carry out search and repatriation efforts multiple times” that she “seriously disrupted the working order of the relevant units.” Put plainly, it means: You petitioned, forcing me to look for you and work on you, so you disrupted my order.

In addition, this Administrative Penalty Decision had already been issued on June 4, but was not enforced until June 30. Local public security authorities issue penalties in advance and leave them hanging over the heads of rights defenders, intimidating them: if you do not obey, you will be detained. This illustrates the arbitrariness of law enforcement.

About Xiong Juxiang: A rights activist from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, who campaigned against forced demolitions. In November 2015, she was sentenced to one year and nine months by the Runzhou District Court of Zhenjiang under the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”