Rights Defense Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China (April 30, 2026), Issue 127 (1,682 People in Total)
This report was compiled, written and published by the China Rights Network Information Center April 30, 2026
Contents：
Preface
I、Overview of this report
II、Names and biographies of the 43 people from the previous list whom we learned this month had completed their sentences or been released on bail
III、Updates on 17 people in prison learned this month（with biographies）
Updates on the 17 people in prison: Li Huaiqing、He Fangmei、Gang Jizhubajia、Gang Cirenzhuoma、Dong Yuyu、Zhang Yanxia、the Xi'an Church case、Yang Mingyu、Xie Yang、Xu Lin、Mao Shanchun、Huang Qi、Yin Dengzhen、Yin Jiangen、Zhang Zhan、Qu Hongbo、Jia Pin and others
IV、Names and biographies of the one person newly criminally detained in this issue：
Jing Shuren
V、Names and biographies of the 29 people newly sentenced in this issue
VI、Names and biographies of the two people from the previous list whom we learned died as a result of persecution in prison
Zhang Rongxiu、You Haijun
VII、Statistical table of prison terms for the 1,682 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained in mainland China in this issue
VIII、Index of the 1,682 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained in mainland China in this issue
Preface：
《China Rights Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China》 is the latest monthly report compiled and written by the China Rights Network Information Center, which every month summarizes and counts cases of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China who are currently detained without trial, forcibly disappeared or already sentenced.
Beginning with Issue 101 of this monthly report, the report underwent a complete revision. At the same time, since Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD)'s China Mainland Prisoners of Conscience Databasehttps://tenchu.org/pocd/public/ has included all the prisoners of conscience covered in our monthly reports, beginning with Issue 101 we have stopped displaying in the monthly reports the biographies of the vast majority of prisoners of conscience for whom there is no new information during the month.
We will continue to attach the list of detained prisoners of conscience to the report. Readers can search all relevant information by name in the 《China Mainland Prisoners of Conscience Database》https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/ , which is very convenient.
The 《China Mainland Prisoners of Conscience Database》 includes not only prisoners of conscience and political prisoners who are currently detained, but also those who have been released or have died. The collection of material for the database began in January 2019; as of April 29, 2026, it had collected material on a total of 4,215 prisoners of conscience.
This report focuses mainly on all detained political prisoners and prisoners of conscience—including those who have been sentenced and those detained without trial—for whom we have been able to collect accurate information. The report makes every effort to collect, write and edit information on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience from the many ethnic groups of mainland China, including Han, Tibetan, Uyghur, Kazakh, Hui, Mongolian, Korean and Manchu people, striving to reflect fully and truthfully the harsh living conditions of current political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China.
For ease of searching, this report provides a complete list of detainees arranged entirely in the pinyin order of the names of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners. At the same time, the report continues to compile statistics on the sentences of all prisoners of conscience and political prisoners; those detained without trial are also listed at the end.
Once a person on the list is released on bail pending trial, released on medical parole, acquitted, placed under residential surveillance at home, given a suspended sentence or released after completing a sentence, they will be removed from the report's official list of detainees, but their biography will be shown in that issue's report.
This report is published every month without interruption and updated issue by issue. It embodies the long-term, unpublicized work and dedication of many volunteers, informants and editors. Over the past decade, our website has collected, organized and edited the names and biographies of more than 4,000 people for whom relatively detailed information is available.。
This number represents the tremendous efforts made by all our staff under conditions of considerable risk. The reason this report can be released regularly and on time, with increasingly detailed information, is also the active feedback and support of many human rights defenders in mainland China. We hereby thank all the friends who have provided information.
For more than a decade, our website has continuously summarized and reported on the circumstances of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China in order to protest and condemn the Chinese Communist authorities' use of various methods—including prolonged detention, delaying trials, abuse and torture, and beatings—to impose torture on prisoners of conscience and political prisoners. Being subjected to torture and abuse in Chinese Communist prisons is a harsh reality that detainees must regularly face.
We firmly believe that the outside world's persistent attention will provide spiritual and substantive assistance to those suffering in prison! This report has systematically exposed the Chinese Communist authorities' use of various torture methods to persecute and abuse political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and has already elicited strong reactions from all quarters at home and abroad.
Our website has continuously updated and compiled the latest information and publishes this monthly report at the end of each month, expressing our concern for and care about all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience who have lost their freedom. Through this, we tell the world not to forget those who are suffering for freedom, democracy and human rights.
Our website believes that the regular updating and publication of this report can directly reflect the current human rights situation in mainland China—because the circumstances of a country's political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are among the most important human rights indicators of that country.
Through this report, our website seeks to reveal the current dismal human rights situation in mainland China and the tragic circumstances of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners, striving to awaken the international community's memory of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained in China and to promote continuous attention and appeals until they are free.
Our website believes that regularly making public the names and circumstances of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners is one way we can provide these victims with practical and effective support. We know that nothing causes these prisoners of conscience and political prisoners greater despair and pain than being forgotten by people.
Therefore, we must shoulder this work, and indeed this mission.
Ten years of trials and tribulations have passed, and there will still be countless difficulties and dangers on the road ahead. But with your support, we will continue to move forward courageously as always!
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I、 Overview of this report：
《China Rights Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China》 is updated every month and is a dynamic report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained in China. This is Issue 127. With this issue, the report has been published monthly for more than 10 years.
This issue contains 66,000 Chinese characters. It conducts a comprehensive, item-by-item verification of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience on the previous report's list. We learned that 43 people on the previous list had been released after completing their sentences or released on bail; we also learned of new developments concerning 17 people in prison. In addition, this issue adds profiles of one person newly criminally detained and 29 people sentenced, a total of 30 people. We also learned that two prisoners of conscience had died as a result of persecution in prison. At present, this report lists by name a total of 1,682 detained prisoners of conscience and political prisoners.
For ease of searching, 《China Rights Network: Index of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience Detained in Mainland China》 is the sole index for the names in this report. The index is arranged in pinyin order by name (ABCDEFG....WXYZ). At the same time, this report compiles statistics on the sentences of all prisoners of conscience and political prisoners; those detained without trial are all listed at the end.
II、Names and biographies of the 43 people from the previous list whom we learned this month had completed their sentences or been released on bail
Li Jie、 Wu Yanna、Chen Zhongguo、Cheng Meihua、Han Xiaodong、
Hong Chang、 Hu Jinzhao、Li Lanqiang、Li Qiaosong、Li Zhijun、
Liu Wansheng、Lu Yang、 Ma Lichun、Peng Shuming、Shao Yanfang、
Sun Lijuan、Tudan Luozhu (Tibetan)、Xu Zhanqing、Yang Shuxian、Yu Zhen、
Zeng Xingyang、Zhao Yue、 Zhu Zuoliang、Kong Dequan、He Xiaoyan、
Ban Yanchao、Pang Shanxi、Ma Guobin、Zhang Gu、 Zhang Yaming、
Zhang Taofeng、Chen Jiuwen、Wu Guiju、Liu Meili、Luo Suling、
Zhang Xiuqun、Zeng Yunhui、Pan Liping、Yu Kai、 Zhao Changhui、
Yu Wensheng、Chen Jianxiong、Li Daoguo、
1、Li Jie：Born on March 7, 1988, a native of Linfen, Shanxi Province, preacher at the Christian Covenant Homeland Church in Linfen and a prisoner of conscience detained in China. Because his church is a sister church of the Xuncheng Church in Taiyuan, Shanxi, and because its clergy and congregants refused to join the “Three-Self” church controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, it became one of the house churches frequently persecuted after the implementation of the new Regulations on Religious Affairs. In October 2018, he was regarded by the Shanxi authorities as a key stability-maintenance target because he signed the “Pastors’ Joint Statement: A Declaration for the Christian Faith” initiated by Pastor Wang Yi of Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church. The statement called on the Chinese authorities to stop all suppression and persecution of Christian churches and respect freedom of belief and conscience. He was repeatedly summoned for “tea,” warned, and had his water, electricity and gas cut off; he was even forcibly made to move during the cold winter. Officials from the Religious Affairs Bureau often went to his church with others to harass, threaten and disrupt it, attempting to pressure the clergy and congregants into accepting control. On August 19, 2022, because his church held an outdoor “parent-child camp” for 70 people, more than 100 local police suddenly surrounded and raided it, taking everyone at the scene away and confiscating their mobile phones, computers, hard drives, projectors, stools, cars and other property. Some children were later returned, but all adults were detained, and his residence was searched. On August 23, Li Jie, his wife Li Shanshan and fellow church preacher Han Xiaodong—three people in total—were placed under residential surveillance at a designated location by Linfen police on suspicion of “fraud.” His wife was released on bail on September 2 that year, but he and Han Xiaodong remained detained and were criminally detained by Linfen police on the same suspicion. On September 30, 2022, Li Jie and Han Xiaodong were formally arrested by the Linfen Procuratorate on the same charge. On March 26, 2023, their case was submitted by local police to the Linfen Procuratorate for review and prosecution, but was later returned for supplementary investigation. On May 23, the case was again returned by the Linfen Procuratorate to the Yaodu District Procuratorate for continued review and prosecution. After being seriously overdetained for nearly three years, on June 20, 2025, he and Han Xiaodong were finally wrongfully sentenced by the Yaodu District Court in Linfen to three years and eight months in prison for “fraud,” with his sentence ending in April 2026. He was previously detained at the Yaodu District Detention Center in Shanxi. At the end of October 2025, Li Jie was transferred to Taiyuan No. 2 Prison to serve his sentence.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/03/3838.html
2、Wu Yanna：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Jieyang, Guangdong Province. She was formerly an English teacher at Meigang Middle School in Jiedong County, Jieyang (now Jiedong District). She began practicing Falun Gong in her early years. During the Chinese Communist Party’s long-term persecution of Falun Gong, she was repeatedly abducted and illegally detained for maintaining her faith in Falun Gong; she was once sentenced to eight years and severely persecuted at the Guangdong Women’s Prison. Ms. Wu Yanna was arrested at home and her residence was raided on April 5, 2025, by police from the National Security Brigade of the Jiedong Branch of the Jieyang Public Security Bureau, Yunlu Police Station and Quxi Police Station. The pretext given by police was that she had gone to Beiyang Village, Yunlu Township, Jiedong District, to explain Falun Gong to residents. Wu Yanna was subsequently held at the Jieyang Detention Center and framed, and at the end of 2025 was sentenced to one year by the Jiedong District Court. Her sentence ended on April 4, 2026.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/01/1.html
3、Chen Zhongguo：A Falun Gong practitioner from Guangxing Town, Guanghan, Sichuan Province. Chen Zhongguo was born in 1952 and is a retired worker. He was arrested in March or April 2021. Chen Zhongguo’s wife, who did not practice Falun Gong, was arrested, taken to a police station and brutally beaten as part of the extraction of evidence. In June 2022, Chen Zhongguo was sentenced to five years. His sentence ended in April 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2022/7/27/2022-7-27.html
4、Cheng Meihua：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Lianzhou, Qingyuan, Guangdong Province, born in July 1949. She graduated from a secondary technical school and lives in Lianzhou, Qingyuan. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. Because she explained the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong, she was repeatedly persecuted by the Chinese Communist authorities. On July 23, 2000, she was sentenced to three years of reeducation through labor by the Qingyuan Public Security Bureau; on February 23, 2004, she was detained for 15 days by the Lianzhou Public Security Bureau. On the evening of April 11, 2021, Cheng Meihua was arrested at home by Lianzhou police, and her home was searched; Falun Gong books and materials were taken. She was detained at the Lianshan Detention Center. On October 25, 2021, she was sentenced to five years by the Yingde City Court and fined 30,000 yuan. Her sentence ended on April 10, 2026.Source of information： https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2022/8/7/447350.html
5、Han Xiaodong：Born on August 8, 1989, a native of Linfen, Shanxi Province, a Christian, formerly a computer teacher, robotics coach and computer competition coach at Linfen No. 1 Middle School, later a preacher at Linfen Christian Covenant Homeland Church, and a prisoner of conscience detained in China. In his earlier years, he guided students at Linfen No. 1 Middle School to win countless awards, including repeated provincial first prizes and national awards, and was highly praised by the school, students and parents. Because of his cheerful personality and honest treatment of others, acquaintances often regarded him as trustworthy, helpful and not enamored of money. He later began devoting himself to spreading the Gospel and serving in the church for the sake of his faith. Because his church was a Reformed house church, and because he, Li Jie and other clergy and congregants refused to accept control by the Chinese Communist Party’s “Three-Self” church, it became one of the house churches repeatedly persecuted after the new Regulations on Religious Affairs took effect. During the persecution, officials from the Religious Affairs Bureau often brought others to harass, threaten and disrupt the church; he and other preachers and church workers also became stability-maintenance targets whom the Shanxi authorities sought opportunities to suppress. On August 19, 2022, because the church held an outdoor “parent-child camp” for 70 people, more than 100 local police suddenly surrounded and raided it, taking away all participants and confiscating their mobile phones, computers, hard drives, projectors, stools, cars and other property. Although some children were later returned, all adults were detained, and his residence was searched, with some private books and data taken. On August 22, he, preacher Li Jie and one other person were placed under residential surveillance at a designated location by police from the directly administered branch of the Linfen Public Security Bureau on suspicion of “fraud.” On September 2 that year, he and preacher Li Jie were criminally detained by Linfen police on the same charge. On September 30, 2022, he was arrested by the Linfen Procuratorate on suspicion of “fraud.” The authorities alleged that their church was illegal because it was not formally registered; that its preachers or pastors were fake pastors; and that donations collected from believers at the church constituted fraud or deception, meaning their conduct violated relevant state regulations on religious administration and warranted arrest and prosecution. It is reported that while he was under residential surveillance at a designated location, his lawyer’s requests to meet him were refused. Police also deprived him of sleep for three days to force a confession and threatened and coerced several church believers into fabricating charges against him. On March 26, 2023, his case was submitted by local police to the Linfen Procuratorate for review and prosecution, but was later returned for supplementary investigation. On May 23, the case was again returned by the Linfen Procuratorate to the Yaodu District Procuratorate for continued review and prosecution. After being seriously overdetained for nearly three years, on June 20, 2025, he and preacher Li Jie were finally wrongfully sentenced by the Yaodu District Court in Linfen to three years and eight months in prison for “fraud,” with his sentence ending in April 2026. He is currently detained at the Yaodu District Detention Center in Shanxi.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/06/38111.html
https://cppc1989.blogspot.com/2022/10/cppc01206.html
6、Hong Chang：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He was 52 in 2022, has a master’s degree and lives alone in Hangzhou. Because of years of persecution, he has no stable source of income and mainly supports himself by teaching Go to children at a tutoring center. During breaks in his Go classes, Hong Chang taught children to be good people according to Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, and was maliciously reported. On April 23, 2021, he was arrested by police from Shangtang Police Station of the Gongshu District Public Security Sub-bureau in Hangzhou. In late December 2021, he was sentenced to five years by the Xihu District Court in Hangzhou and fined 50,000 yuan. Hong Chang appealed to the Hangzhou Intermediate Court. At the end of February, the Hangzhou Intermediate Court ruled to uphold the original judgment. His sentence ended on April 22, 2026.Source of information：
7、Hu Jinzhao：A Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan. Hu Jinzhao was formerly an attending physician at the Yunnan Provincial Psychiatric Hospital. Simply because he practiced Falun Dafa, he was brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party: at age 34 he was detained and deprived of his job as a doctor; at 36 he was forced to divorce; from age 36 to 39 he was persecuted in a reeducation-through-labor camp for three years and 40 days; from age 44 to 46 he was wrongfully sentenced and imprisoned for three years; in 2021, at age 53, he was again wrongfully sentenced to four years. At 11 p.m. on April 21, 2021, Hu Jinzhao was arrested and his home was raided by the Panlong District Public Security Sub-bureau in Kunming. He was detained at the Panlong District No. 2 Detention Center. In early December, the local Chinese Communist court sentenced him to four years and fined him 8,000 yuan. Hu Jinzhao appealed, but the second-instance court upheld the original judgment. Hu Jinzhao was recently taken to Yunnan No. 1 Prison. His sentence ended on April 20, 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2022/4/18/%E5%AE%9D%E8%B4%B5%E5%B9%B4%E5%8D%8E%E9%81%AD%E8%B9%82%E8%BA%8F-%E5%A5%BD%E5%8C%BB%E7%94%9F%E8%83%A1%E4%BB%8A%E6%9C%9D%E5%8F%88%E8%A2%AB%E5%8A%AB%E6%8C%81%E5%85%A5%E7%8B%B1-441418.html
8、Li Lanqiang：A Falun Gong practitioner from Fangshan, Beijing. Born in 1963, he graduated from Beijing Normal University and was formerly a mathematics teacher at Taiping Road Middle School in Beijing’s Haidian District. Li Lanqiang began practicing Falun Gong in October 1997. During the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong, he was abducted and persecuted in detention centers, brainwashing centers, reeducation-through-labor camps and prisons. He was sent to reeducation through labor twice for a total of four years and sentenced to three years in prison. On the evening of April 23, 2021, Li Lanqiang was reported while distributing Falun Gong materials and arrested by police from Xilu Police Station. He was detained at the Fangshan Detention Center and sentenced to five years by the Fangshan District Court in December 2021. His sentence ended on April 22, 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2021/12/27/2021-12-27.html
9、Li Qiaosong：Male, born in November 1969, a Falun Gong practitioner from Huazhou, Guangdong. He began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. Since the Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong, Li Qiaosong has repeatedly been arrested for persisting in explaining the truth about the persecution, and has been detained and persecuted in reeducation-through-labor camps, brainwashing centers and prisons for a cumulative period of more than 15 years. In March 2020, while distributing Falun Gong materials to residents in Jintangyuan residential compound in Tangxia, Tianhe District, he was filmed by surveillance cameras. On April 24, 2020, he was arrested at home by officers from the National Security Brigade of the Tianhe District Public Security Sub-bureau and Tangxia Police Station and detained at the Tianhe District Detention Center. On May 29, 2020, he was arrested by the Tianhe District Procuratorate; on August 11, he was framed and transferred to the Haizhu District Procuratorate; in October, he was framed and transferred to the Haizhu District Court. In autumn 2021, Li Qiaosong was sentenced to six years by the Haizhu District Court and fined 20,000 yuan. He appealed, but on December 23, 2021, the Guangzhou Intermediate Court upheld the original judgment. He was subsequently taken to Guangdong Beijiang Prison for persecution. His sentence ended on April 23, 2026.Source of information：
10、Li Zhijun：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Hebei, born in October 1972, living in Jizhou District, Hengshui, Hebei. She was a teacher at the Jizhou District Vocational Education Center in Hengshui. Li Zhijun began practicing Falun Gong in 1995. At around 5 a.m. on October 10, 2021, Jizhou police climbed over the wall into her home and arrested her while she was sleeping. She was detained at the Hengshui Detention Center and subjected to torture and abuse in prison. In July 2023, it was learned that after being detained for one year and nine months, Li Zhijun was sentenced to four years and six months. Her sentence ended on April 9, 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/7/19/463152.html
11、Liu Wansheng：Born in 1955, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou, Liaoning. At around 10 a.m. on April 23, 2020, Liu Wansheng was arrested by police from Jintie Police Station while talking about Falun Gong at the Jinzhou railway station bus terminal. His rented home was raided that day. In early September 2020, he stood trial by video before the Linghai City Court in Jinzhou. On September 30, his family was informed that Liu Wansheng had been sentenced to six years and fined 10,000 yuan. His sentence ended on April 22, 2026.
12、Lu Yang：Born in 1971, real name Zhang Guiqi, online name “Madman of Luxi,” a native of Shen County, Shandong, and a well-known poet. He began writing poetry and literature in 1994, founded the “Yangziwan Poetry Society” and edited and published the 《Yangziwan Poetry Journal》. In 2003, he founded the “China Contemporary Poetry Forum” and published and edited the journal 《China Contemporary Poetry》. Two years later, the “China Contemporary Poetry Forum” was shut down. During this period, he began publishing poetry in major domestic poetry journals including 《Stars》 and 《Poetry Periodical》. In 2004, he founded the “China Free Culture Forum,” which was repeatedly forced to close because of its influence. It was later moved to the overseas website “Free China” and finally to the Boxun website. In 2006, he was forced to resign from the Liaocheng Foreign Language School because of his free writing; his wife’s work was also affected, and they both left Shandong to make a living in the south. During this period, he shifted from poetry writing to free cultural writing, with many works published on major domestic websites and reposted by numerous overseas websites. In 2008, he participated in signing Charter 08; their jobs were again affected, and both became unemployed. In September 2009, to support Liu Xiaobo, the former president of the Independent Chinese PEN Center who had been imprisoned, he joined that organization. In 2010, influenced by the Jasmine Revolution, he again became unemployed and was sent back to his hometown in Shandong. In 2017, he held up a sign in support of Professor Deng Xiangchao, a special commentator for Shandong Radio and Television who had been dismissed for criticizing Mao Zedong and who was beaten by thugs at Jinan University of Architecture. The incident attracted attention from Chinese and foreign media, and Lu Yang also became a key target of monitoring by the relevant authorities. In 2019, he founded the “China Poets’ Lecture Hall—Wenshu Academy” and continued his work of disseminating free culture. He was taken away by police on May 1, 2020, and his whereabouts were unknown for nearly two weeks. He was then criminally detained by the Liaocheng Public Security Bureau on suspicion of “subverting state power” and later formally arrested. On September 9, 2020, he was tried in secret, a fact concealed from his family, who knew nothing about it. He was detained at the Liaocheng Detention Center. On July 26, 2022, it was learned that Mr. Lu Yang had been heavily sentenced to six years by the Liaocheng Intermediate Court. His sentence ended on April 30, 2026.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2022/07/6_26.html
13、Ma Lichun：Also known as Ma Lichun, he lived in Zhonghexia Village, Jiulong Subdistrict, Fangzi District, Weifang, Shandong. On April 20, 2023, Ma Lichun was arrested at home by police from Nanliu Police Station, after which his family did not know his whereabouts. Three months later, in July 2023, his family received a notice mailed by the Shandong Men’s Prison stating that Ma Lichun had been imprisoned, and only then learned that the judicial authorities in Fangzi District, Weifang, had operated in secret and that Ma Lichun had been sentenced to three years. His sentence ended on April 19, 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/10/3_3.html
14、Peng Shuming：Born in 1971, a native of Taonan, Baicheng, Jilin, and a long-term resident of Tuanjie Residential Compound on Shifeng Road, Gaotang County, Liaocheng, Shandong. He ran his own traditional Chinese medicine clinic, was a free-belief seeker and Falun Gong practitioner, and was a prisoner of conscience detained in China. From around age 20, he studied traditional Chinese medical treatment under an experienced physician. He later practiced medicine at a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in Gaotang County, Liaocheng, for more than 20 years, treating many patients with difficult and chronic illnesses and becoming a widely respected and trusted local doctor. However, since beginning to practice and believe in Falun Gong in 1996, he was repeatedly detained and persecuted by the Shandong authorities. On February 8, 2005, he was arrested by police from Renhe Police Station in Gaotang County for spray-painting Falun Gong slogans in the county town and detained at the Gaotang Detention Center; he went on a hunger strike for four days to resist the persecution. On July 1, 2014, while practicing medicine at his clinic, he was inexplicably taken away by police from Huixin Police Station in Gaotang County and sent to the Gaotang Detention Center. During the arrest, he was illegally detained there for more than a year and was then wrongfully sentenced by the Gaotang County Court in Shandong to three years on the pretext that a police officer had fractured his ankle. He later served his sentence at Liaocheng Prison. After his release, he continued practicing and promoting Falun Gong while working as a doctor, and was therefore subjected to even harsher suppression by the Chinese Communist government’s 610 Office for monitoring Falun Gong. On April 12, 2021, he was discovered by Chinese Communist cyberpolice while disseminating Falun Gong-related information on WeChat and was arrested across provincial borders by police from his native Taonan, Jilin. He was detained at the Taonan Detention Center in Baicheng, Jilin, on suspicion of an “evil cult” offense. On May 14 that year, he was formally arrested by the Taonan Procuratorate on the same charge. On July 31, 2021, the Taonan Procuratorate indicted him and transferred the case to the Taonan City Court in Baicheng, Jilin. In December 2022, it was learned that the Taonan City Court had finally sentenced him to five years for “using an evil cult organization to undermine implementation of the law,” with his sentence ending on April 11, 2026. It is reported that while detained at the Taonan Detention Center, he was repeatedly beaten maliciously by inmates, while police deliberately turned a blind eye. His elderly mother died and his wife underwent surgery for breast cancer; repeated family requests that he be allowed to return home to visit were refused. The Taonan City Court also illegally prevented his family from hiring a lawyer to defend him as innocent. He is currently serving his sentence at Jinan Prison in Shandong.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2022/12/5.html
15、Shao Yanfang：A Falun Gong practitioner from Qingyuan, Guangdong, born in January 1986, living in Yuantan Village, Lianzhou Town, Lianzhou, Qingyuan, Guangdong. On the evening of April 11, 2021, police in Lianzhou, Qingyuan, Guangdong, carried out a large-scale arrest of Falun Gong practitioners. Eleven local practitioners, including Shao Yanfang and Lai Chengmei, were arrested. Shao Yanfang and Lai Chengmei were detained at the Yangshan Detention Center. They were arrested on May 18. After being framed and transferred to the Yingde Procuratorate, Shao Yanfang and Lai Chengmei were moved to the Yingde Detention Center. On October 28, 2021, Shao Yanfang was sentenced to five years by the Yingde City Court and fined 30,000 yuan; Lai Chengmei was sentenced to two years and six months and fined 10,000 yuan. Shao Yanfang’s sentence ended on April 10, 2026. Source of information：
https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2022/1/27/2022-1-27.html
16、Sun Lijuan：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou, Liaoning. On April 25, 2021, more than 20 people from the National Security Brigade of the Jiefang District branch of the Jiaozuo Public Security Bureau in Henan, the National Security Brigade of the Linghe District branch of the Jinzhou Public Security Bureau, and Jinzhou’s Juyuan Police Station broke into Sun Lijuan’s home, raided it and arrested Sun Lijuan and her husband Zhang Baoguo. Zhang Baoguo was taken to the Jinzhou Detention Center and returned home after 37 days in detention in the form of “bail pending trial.” Sun Lijuan was detained at the Jinzhou Women’s Detention Center. It is reported that Sun Lijuan was monitored by the National Security Brigade in Jiaozuo, Henan, for explaining Falun Gong to residents online via WeChat. In June 2021, Sun Lijuan was arrested by the Linghai Procuratorate. In September 2021, the Linghai Procuratorate indicted her and handed her so-called “case files” to the Linghai City Court. In November, she was sentenced to five years by the Linghai Court in Jinzhou and fined 10,000 yuan; her appeal was rejected by the Jinzhou Intermediate Court, which upheld the original judgment. It is reported that on March 27, 2023, Sun Lijuan was detained at Liaoning Women’s Prison. Her sentence ended on April 24, 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/4/26/459216.html
17、Tudan Luozhu（Tibetan）：A Tibetan, born in 1988, from Mengyi Village, Mengyi Township, Serthar County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Garzê Prefecture), Sichuan. He was formerly a teacher at a middle school in Serthar County, an advocate of the Tibetan language and culture, a well-known Tibetan scholar and dissident writer, and a political prisoner detained in China. He attended a university in China in his early years, returned to his hometown of Serthar County after graduation and taught at a local middle school for many years. He published articles in Tibetan and Chinese on Western and Eastern literature, Tibetan literature, economics and other subjects, receiving favorable reviews from readers and gradually becoming a Tibetan writer recognized by the domestic academic community. However, because he published articles opposing or expressing disagreement with the Chinese Communist government’s assimilation policies toward Tibetans, the articles—although not unconstitutional—touched a sensitive nerve of the Chinese Communist authorities. The Garzê authorities therefore instructed Serthar County police to warn him repeatedly and arbitrarily search his personal computer and other belongings. In October 2021, he was inexplicably taken away by Serthar County police in Garzê Prefecture and disappeared. On June 22, 2022, his relatives were informed by the authorities that on June 14 that year he had been sentenced by the Serthar County Court in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, to four years and six months for “separatism,” with his sentence ending in April 2026. He is currently suspected of being detained at the Serthar County Detention Center in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2022/06/46.html
18、Xu Zhanqing：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun, Jilin, approximately 60 years old in 2023. He began practicing Falun Gong in June 2007. On May 1, 2023, after being reported, Xu Zhanqing was arrested at home by police from Qianjin Avenue Police Station in Changchun and detained at a detention center. In November 2023, it was learned that Xu Zhanqing had been sentenced to three years. He disagreed with the judgment and appealed. His sentence ended on April 30, 2026.Source of information：
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/11/3_12.html
19、Yang Shuxian：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Yuguan Town, Funing District, Qinhuangdao, born in 1950. She was arrested for explaining Falun Gong to people and subsequently released on “bail pending trial” for one year. At the end of 2022, she was sentenced to three years and four months by the Funing District Court. On April 15, 2023, she was detained at Shijiazhuang Women’s Prison for continued persecution. Her sentence ended in April 2026.Source of information： https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/5/1/459404.html
20、Yu Zhen：A female Falun Gong practitioner at Qilu Petrochemical, Shandong, and a driver for Passenger Team No. 4 of the Vehicle Management Center of Qilu Petrochemical Company. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. Ms. Yu Zhen was repeatedly arrested by the Northern District branch of the Qidu Public Security Bureau at the end of October 2022 and later sentenced to three years and six months by a Chinese Communist court. It is not known where Yu Zhen is currently detained. Some reports say the reason for her arrest and persecution may have been that she explained Falun Gong online through an app or exchanged information about studying the teachings with fellow practitioners. Her sentence ended in April 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/1/12/454797.html
21、Zeng Xingyang：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Guangzhou, Guangdong, born in December 1973, a native of Xingning, Guangdong, and a university graduate. He was formerly an employee of the Guangdong Tea Import and Export Company. On April 9, 2021, Zeng Xingyang, his wife Deng Fang and his younger sister Zeng Yueling were arrested by the National Security Brigade of the Tianhe District Public Security Sub-bureau and police from Shipai Police Station and detained at the Tianhe District Detention Center. On August 9, 2022, the Haizhu District Court sentenced all three: Zeng Xingyang to five years and a fine of 10,000 yuan; Deng Fang to three years and six months and a fine of 6,000 yuan; and Zeng Yueling to three years and a fine of 6,000 yuan. Zeng Xingyang’s sentence ended on April 8, 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2022/8/11/447538.html
22、Zhao Yue：A Falun Gong practitioner from Guiyang, born in 1958, female, a retired teacher at Guizhou University. She began practicing Falun Dafa in 1995. After the Chinese Communist Party launched its persecution campaign against Falun Gong, Ms. Zhao Yue was repeatedly harassed, her home raided, arrested and detained for maintaining her faith in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance. On the evening of March 12, 2020, Zhao Yue was arrested at home by police from Beijing Road Police Station and released on bail after one month, with orders not to leave home. On May 10 that year, she was arrested by the procuratorate, taken from home by police and detained at Guizhou Sanjiang Detention Center. On September 19, 2020, the Nanming District Court in Guiyang tried Zhao Yue and several other Falun Gong practitioners. It was later learned that Zhao Yue was sentenced to six years and transferred to Guizhou No. 1 Women’s Prison. Her sentence ended in April 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/3/13/457697.html
23、Zhu Zuoliang：（Zhu Zuoxin）Male, born in 1969, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jindong District, Jinhua, Zhejiang, who began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. After the Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Zhu Zuoliang was arrested and detained by the Chinese Communist authorities and subjected to various forms of torture and abuse at the Nanning Detention Center, Hangzhou Detention Center, Shiliping Reeducation-through-Labor Center and prisons. On October 13, 2014, he was arrested by 610 Office chief Cao Qiushui and others and taken to the Jinhua Shuanglong Brainwashing Center for persecution. He was later taken to the Jinhua Detention Center and sentenced to four and a half years. On January 6, 2016, Zhu Zuoliang was taken to Zhejiang No. 4 Prison for a further two years of persecution. After April 2021, during the Chinese Communist Party’s “zeroing-out” persecution campaign, he was ordered to sign the “three statements”—documents defaming Falun Gong and pledging to renounce it—but refused in person. He was then arrested for persisting in his faith and stood trial on July 20. It is reported that Zhu Zuoliang was sentenced to five years in secret and is currently detained at the Jinhua Detention Center. His sentence ended in April 2026.Source of information：https://library.minghui.org/victim/i61803.htm
24、Kong Dequan：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Guan County, Liaocheng, Shandong, born on June 13, 1964, a farmer living in Sun Village, Chongwen Subdistrict, Guan County. Because he practiced Falun Gong, Kong Dequan was sent to reeducation through labor for three years in May 2001. On July 29, 2022, he was arrested by police from the Guan County Public Security Bureau. On January 4, 2023, Kong Dequan was sentenced to seven years and four months and fined 16,000 yuan by the Guan County Court. He appealed; the second-instance Liaocheng Intermediate Court changed the sentence to three years and nine months and a fine of 10,000 yuan. He is currently detained in a Shandong prison. His sentence ended on April 28, 2026.Source of informationhttps://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/39.html
25、He Xiaoyan：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Suning County, Cangzhou, Hebei, who began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. After the Chinese Communist authorities launched their frenzied persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, police frequently went to her home to harass her and conduct raids. Ms. He Xiaoyan was arrested by police at the county hospital around midnight on April 30, 2023, while caring for her mother-in-law. She was subsequently criminally detained, arrested and indicted. She stood trial at the Renqiu City Court on November 8, 2023, and was sentenced to three years in April 2024. Her sentence ended on April 29, 2026.Source of information：
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/3.html
26、Ban Yanchao：One of the victims in the case of Christians selling Bibles in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. Ban Yanchao, Wang Honglan and several other Christians in Hohhot were arrested in April 2021 on suspicion of illegal business operations. Their alleged crime was selling legally published Bibles. The Bibles they subsidized for domestic Christians were all legally published in Nanjing and were not sold for profit, yet they were forcibly charged with illegal business operations. On November 22, 2021, the Huimin District Procuratorate transferred the case to the court for prosecution. After two pretrial conferences—the first was declared invalid because of an issue concerning the prosecutor’s identity—the Huimin District Court formally heard the case in public on November 20, 2023. Several people were released on bail pending trial on April 14, 2024. Ban Yanchao was not released on bail pending trial and was directly sentenced by the court to five years, with the sentence ending in April 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/04/35_25.html
27、Pang Shanxi：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Wudalianchi, Heihe, Heilongjiang, born in 1947 and 77 years old in 2024. He was formerly an employee of the grain depot in Longzhen and began practicing Falun Gong in 1999. In April 2023, in order to explain Falun Gong to police at the Longzhen Farm Police Station in Wudalianchi, the elderly Pang Shanxi wrote a letter urging them to be kind. He was immediately arrested and his home was raided, after which he was criminally detained, arrested and indicted. In January 2024, the Nenjiang City Court sentenced Pang Shanxi to three years and fined him 10,000 yuan. He was first detained at Beian Prison and about a month later transferred to Heilongjiang Tailai Prison to serve his sentence. His sentence ended in April 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/07/377.html
28、Ma Guobin：A Falun Gong practitioner from Luobei County, Hegang, Heilongjiang, born in 1969 and living in Section C of Yan Jun Agricultural Reclamation Community, Luobei County, Hegang, Heilongjiang. On October 26, 2018, while working in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, he was arrested and his home was raided merely for posting stickers bearing QR-code website addresses in some residential compounds, explaining Falun Gong to residents and using “truth-clarification” banknotes. He was subsequently criminally detained, arrested and indicted. In June 2019, he was sentenced to seven years and six months. He is currently detained at Zhejiang No. 4 Prison. When his family wanted to visit him, prison officials said Ma Guobin himself must issue an invitation or they must obtain a family-member certificate from the police station in Ma Guobin’s registered place of residence before they could visit him. His sentence ended on April 25, 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/10/76.html
29、Zhang Gu：A Falun Gong practitioner from Taiyuan, Shanxi, and the son of Kang Shumei. On October 31, 2022, Kang Shumei and her son Zhang Gu were arrested by police while going out, and their rented residence was raided. Their computers, printer, car and other personal belongings were taken. Kang Shumei was detained at the Fourth Detention Center in Gujiao, while Zhang Gu was detained at the Third Detention Center in Yingze District, Taiyuan. Their families were not allowed to see them or send clothing and other items. They were then criminally detained, arrested and indicted. In November 2024, it was learned that the Wanbolin District Court in Taiyuan had sentenced the mother and son: Kang Shumei to 10 years and Zhang Gu to three years and six months. It is reported that Kang Shumei was transferred to Shanxi Women’s Prison and Zhang Gu to Shanxi Jinzhong Prison. Zhang Gu’s sentence ended on April 30, 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/11/36_24.html
30、Zhang Yaming：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou, Liaoning. On the afternoon of April 13, 2024, Zhang Yaming and Sun Jian, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou who had come to visit her, were arrested at the same time; both their residences were searched. They were subsequently criminally detained, arrested and indicted. On October 15, 2024, the Linghai City Court tried Zhang Yaming and Sun Jian of Jinzhou but did not announce a verdict in court. On November 20, 2024, it was learned that Sun Jian had been sentenced to five years and Zhang Yaming to two years. Zhang Yaming’s sentence ended on April 12, 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/11/2.html
31、Zhang Taofeng：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Meixian District, Meizhou, Guangdong, born in 1977 and 47 years old in 2024. At around 2 p.m. on April 17, 2024, police from the National Security Brigade of Meixian District, Meizhou, and Chengjiang Town Police Station broke into the home of Zeng Xiuqiong in Fugui Village, Chengjiang Town, Meixian District, and arrested Zeng Xiuqiong, who was gathering to study Falun Gong books, along with Zhang Taofeng, Xie Guofen, Li Lizhen, Huang Shuzhen and Liu Meifen, six Falun Gong practitioners in total. Zeng Xiuqiong, Xie Guofen and Zhang Taofeng were detained at a detention center in Zhuyang Village, Chengdong Town, Meixian District. Liu Meifen was released on “bail pending trial.” Huang Shuzhen was also released because of her age and health. Li Lizhen is from Meizhou and usually lives in Zhuhai; she remains detained at the Meizhou Detention Center. The case was heard in September 2024. In November it was learned that Zhang Taofeng had been sentenced to two years and fined 30,000 yuan, with her sentence ending on April 16, 2026.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/11/blog-post_0.html
32、Chen Jiuwen：A male Falun Gong practitioner from Xinbin County, Fushun, Liaoning, born in 1954, 71 years old in 2025, Manchu and a retired employee. He began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. After Falun Gong was persecuted in July 1999, Chen Jiuwen went to Beijing to petition, where he was abducted and illegally taken back to the Xinbin Detention Center. His home was raided and he was sent to reeducation through labor for three years, suffering forced labor and other persecution at the Wujia Fort Reeducation Center in Fushun. On June 28, 2008, the Fushun National Security Brigade broke into his home, arrested him and detained him at the Nangou Detention Center in Fushun. He was subjected to brutal torture and later sentenced to three years, suffering persecution at Xihu Prison in Benxi, Liaoning. On October 29, 2023, Chen Jiuwen was arrested across provincial borders by police from Songyuan County, Jilin, reportedly in connection with using WeChat on his mobile phone to send Falun Gong scriptures. He was detained and framed at the Qianguo Detention Center. It was later learned that Chen Jiuwen was sentenced to two years and six months by the Songyuan County Court and was serving his sentence at Jilin Prison. His sentence ended on April 28, 2026.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/02/26_11.html
33、Wu Guiju：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Wuhan, Hubei, 60 years old in 2025, living in Wuhan’s Wuchang District. On April 26, 2024, Wu Guiju was arrested at home by police from Qingling Street Police Station in Hongshan District and detained and framed at Wuhan No. 1 Detention Center (Dongxihu Second Branch Canal). That year she was sentenced to two years and transferred to Wuhan Women’s Prison to serve her sentence. Her sentence ended on April 25, 2026.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/04/2_24.html
34、Liu Meili：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Baoding, Hebei. Liu Meili and her husband An Zhaoxu live in Liu Village, Beiwangli Township, Qingyuan District, Baoding. On April 25, 2024, Liu Meili and her husband An Zhaoxu were arrested at home by police from Dayu Police Station of the Mentougou Public Security Sub-bureau in Beijing; her mother, Yu Shikun, was arrested by National Security police from the Mentougou Public Security Sub-bureau on June 12. It was later learned that Yu Shikun was sentenced to one year and six months and fined 2,000 yuan by the Mentougou District Court in Beijing, with her sentence ending on December 11, 2025; Liu Meili was sentenced to two years and fined 2,000 yuan, with her sentence ending on April 24, 2026; and An Zhaoxu was sentenced to two years, suspended for three years.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/04/blog-post_89.html
35、Luo Suling：A Falun Gong practitioner from Meijiang District, Meizhou, Guangdong, born in 1958 and 67 years old in 2025. She lives in Meijiang District, Meizhou. On the morning of July 18, 2024, Luo Suling was preparing to take a high-speed train from Meizhou to Zhuhai. During security screening at Meizhou West Railway Station, Falun Gong “truth-clarification” banknotes were found in her shoulder bag, and she was arrested by police from Meizhou West Station Police Station of the Huizhou Public Security Division of the Guangzhou Railway Public Security Bureau. Her home was raided that day, and police took some Dafa books and other belongings. The following day, she was criminally detained by the Meijiang Branch of the Meizhou Public Security Bureau. Luo Suling was detained at the Chengdong Detention Center in Meizhou and subsequently arrested and indicted. On February 25, 2025, she stood trial at the Meixian District Court in Meizhou. It was later learned that Luo Suling had been sentenced to one year and nine months and fined 25,000 yuan. Her sentence ended on April 17, 2026.Source of information： https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/04/19.html
36、Zhang Xiuqun：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Dongying, Shandong, born in 1955 and now in her seventies. She is a retired employee of Shengli Oilfield and lives in Gushan Town, Dongying. Zhang Xiuqun began practicing Falun Gong in April 1996. Because she persisted in practicing Falun Gong, she was detained in brainwashing centers and abducted by the Chinese Communist authorities. On April 24, 2024, Zhang Xiuqun was arrested by plainclothes police at a vegetable market and detained at Jinan Junmachang Police Station in Gushan Town. She was subsequently criminally detained, arrested and indicted. It was later learned that Zhang Xiuqun was sentenced to two years by the Dongying District Court, first detained at the Dongying Detention Center and later transferred to Shandong Women’s Prison. She was persecuted in prison until she became extremely thin and gaunt. Her sentence ended on April 23, 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/11/2.html
37、Zeng Yunhui：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Changshou District, Chongqing. She was a retired teacher at the Experimental Middle School in Changshou District, Chongqing, and began practicing Falun Gong in 2018. On January 21, 2025, Zeng Yunhui was reported while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification materials and immediately arrested. She was criminally detained at the Banan District Detention Center and arrested by the Jiulongpo District Procuratorate on February 28, 2025. On June 23, 2025, Zeng Yunhui stood trial at the Jiulongpo District Court in Chongqing. She was later sentenced to one year and three months. Her sentence ended on April 20, 2026.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/12/13.html
38、Pan Liping：A female Falun Gong practitioner from North China Oilfield in Renqiu, Hebei, a retired doctor, born in 1962 and 63 years old in 2025. On January 25, 2024, she went to Huizhou, Guangdong, to visit her child. At Renqiu Railway Station she was searched, and police took her computer, a copy of 《Zhuan Falun》 and more than 1,000 yuan in truth-clarification banknotes. They then took her home and raided it. She was subsequently taken to the Shitie Public Security Bureau in Shijiazhuang and detained for four days. Police wanted to send her to a detention center, but after a physical examination Pan Liping was found unfit: her blood pressure was 198 over 160, and she fainted. Later, Shijiazhuang railway police transferred Pan Liping to the National Security Brigade of the Bohai Branch, a subordinate unit of the Jizhong Public Security Bureau of the North China Oilfield in Renqiu, for illegal supervision. Officers from the Bohai Branch’s National Security Brigade seized 10,000 yuan in cash from Pan Liping and allowed her to return home on the evening of January 28, 2024, in the form of one year of “bail pending trial.” In April 2025, she was sentenced to one year and subsequently imprisoned at Shijiazhuang Women’s Prison in Hebei. Her sentence ended in April 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/12/1.html
39、Yu Kai：Born in 1970, a native of Weihai, Shandong, deputy director of the Criminal Legal Risk Prevention Professional Committee of the Shandong Lawyers Association, formerly an adjunct professor, postgraduate supervisor and director of the Criminal Defense Research Center at the School of Law of Qingdao University of Science and Technology, director of Shandong Xiaolin Law Firm, and a human rights lawyer. From 1994 to 2003, he worked as a police officer in the economic-crimes investigation and legal affairs departments of a public security organ. Because he could not tolerate various unacceptable practices within the system, he resolutely left the police force and became a practicing lawyer in 2004, thereafter devoting himself to the construction of the rule of law and protection of the rights of disadvantaged groups. Initially, he served as director of the Criminal Research Center at Beijing Dacheng (Qingdao) Law Firm and as a member of the Criminal Committee of the All China Lawyers Association and deputy director of the Criminal Legal Risk Prevention Professional Committee of the Shandong Lawyers Association. Beginning in 2013, he was successively appointed adjunct professor and master’s supervisor at the School of Law of Qingdao University of Science and Technology and director of its Research Center for Corporate Crimes. In 2015, he was invited to the University of Akron in the United States as a visiting scholar. In June 2019, as a senior legal practitioner, he co-authored and published the legal book 《Practical Analysis of Corporate Crimes》. In September 2021, he established Shandong Xiaolin Law Firm and became its director; its services covered criminal defense, representation in civil-criminal crossover cases and criminal-risk prevention and control. In August 2023, because he and five lawyers or legal workers—Lan Qingzhou, Ma Xiaolin, Yu Zhaoyan and Zhang Wenpeng—jointly submitted legislative recommendations to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress, principally recommending repeal of the offense of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and affixed the official seal of Shandong Xiaolin Law Firm, they touched a sensitive nerve at the Qingdao Justice Bureau. They were soon accused of “improperly hyping cases”; the law firm was ordered to suspend operations for six months for rectification, and he personally was suspended from practice for one year. His firm did not complete its rectification period until January 2025, and he did not resume practice until July that year. On March 26, 2026, after reporting Qingdao Justice Bureau Director Deng Huanli under his real name, he publicly held up a sign outside the Ministry of Justice in Beijing. The sign directly accused Deng Huanli of suspected “abuse of power,” “dereliction of duty by failing to transfer criminal cases involving favoritism and fraud” and “possession of huge amounts of property from unknown sources,” among other serious offenses. During the reporting process, he lawfully submitted a 《Statement on Illegal Conduct in Establishing a List of “Lawyers Under Key Control”》 and reasonably requested “autonomy for bar associations, freedom from mandatory payment of fees” and “abolition of annual inspections of lawyers’ licenses.” However, rather than receiving a friendly and reasonable reply or response, he was inexplicably taken by police from Beijing’s Xicheng District to Fusuijing Police Station and detained. The next day, he was criminally detained on suspicion of “disturbing public order.” After learning of his sudden disappearance, several lawyers in Beijing went to Fusuijing Police Station to inquire about the situation. The incident then escalated, as several of the lawyers who went there—including Lu Siwei, Bao Longjun and Wang Yu—were also taken away or summoned by police for a time. The incident quickly attracted considerable outside attention. Public opinion called on the authorities not to characterize a complainant or whistleblower as “disturbing public order” merely for raising issues touching on the institutional level, especially management mechanisms, and urged that he be released and regain his freedom as soon as possible. He was initially detained at the Xicheng District Detention Center in Beijing (No. 3, Jiagedongzhuang Village, Qiliqu Township, Changping District, Beijing; postal code 102206). In early April 2026, he was transferred to the Qingdao Detention Center. He was released on April 26, 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_26.html
40、Zhao Changhui：Online name Zhao Wei. Male, Han Chinese, born in 1966, living in Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng, Shandong. He was previously convicted for his speech. On November 30, 2018, he was arrested on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power,” shackled by his hands and feet to an iron chair, and placed under residential surveillance for six months. On June 29, 2019, he was sent to the Liaocheng Detention Center. He stood trial on November 7, 2019, and was later sentenced to two years and six months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for allegedly endangering national security through online remarks dating from 2011. He was released after completing his sentence on August 29, 2021. In June 2024, Zhao Changhui went to Beijing and was stopped by the director of his neighborhood committee, resulting in a confrontation. He was criminally detained on June 14, 2024, and arrested on June 28. He was detained at the Liaocheng Detention Center. On September 9, 2024, he was indicted on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and stood trial on October 16, 2024, without a verdict being announced in court. He was later sentenced to one year and 10 months and transferred to Dezhou Prison in Shandong to serve his sentence. His sentence ended on April 13, 2026.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/110.html
41、Yu Wensheng：Born on November 11, 1967, a native of Beijing, former director of Beijing Longju Law Firm, former member of the Youth Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, former lawyer at Beijing Daoheng Law Firm, and a well-known human rights lawyer in Beijing. He received the 2018 Franco-German Human Rights and Rule of Law Award, the 2021 Martin Ennals Award and the 2022 Anna Dahlbäck Award. In 2008, after making major efforts concerning intellectual-property matters related to the Beijing Olympics, he received the “Outstanding Contribution to Olympic Work in the Legal Profession” award from the Beijing Lawyers Association. In 2014, he was elected a lawyers’ representative of the Shijingshan Lawyers Association in Beijing. In recent years, he represented many parties in rights-defense cases as a lawyer because of his close attention to disadvantaged groups—including Christian Xu Caihong, the He Bin case, the case of sisters Wang Chunyan and others accused of extorting the government, the case of Zhejiang rights defender Zhu Yingdi, the Li Yingzhi case, the case of demolition petitioner Zhao Yong, and the case of well-known lawyer Wang Cheng suing the lawyers association and Legal Daily—and received widespread praise and support from the legal profession and rights-defense groups. On September 17, 2014, he was illegally arrested and taken to a detention center by police after going to the detention center in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, to request a meeting with a client, a detained Falun Gong practitioner. On September 30 that year, he again angered the authorities by going to a prison to welcome rights defender Yuan Dong, who had been imprisoned for demanding disclosure of officials’ assets. On October 8, after going to a scheduled meeting with rights defender Zhang Zonggang, who was detained at Beijing Fengtai Detention Center for supporting Hong Kong’s Occupy Central movement, and posting the facts online after the meeting was refused, he again faced strong dissatisfaction and malicious retaliation from the authorities. On October 13, Beijing police criminally detained him on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” On November 20, 2014, he was arrested by the Daxing District Procuratorate in Beijing on the same charge. His wife hired eight lawyers over nearly 20 attempts to meet Yu Wensheng, but the authorities refused each request on the grounds that they “needed to report to the municipal bureau” and that the “case involved state secrets.” He was finally released on bail on January 20, 2015. After his release, the authorities repeatedly harassed and hinted at him, making it impossible for him to find work normally. On January 11, 2018, because he had developed a small-intestinal hernia while in the detention center and had suffered torture and starvation at the hands of prison guards, he formally applied to the Daxing District Procuratorate in Beijing for state compensation. Unexpectedly, on January 15 he received a decision from the Beijing Justice Bureau revoking his lawyer’s license. On January 20, 2018, Shijingshan police in Beijing again criminally detained him on suspicion of “obstructing official duties” and held him at the Shijingshan Detention Center. On January 27 that year, police from Tongshan District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, placed him under residential surveillance at a designated location on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” On April 19, 2018, Xuzhou police formally arrested him on the same charge and detained him at the Xuzhou Detention Center. On May 9, 2019, his case was heard in secret at the Xuzhou Intermediate Court, but judgment was repeatedly delayed. On June 17, 2020, the court finally sentenced him at first instance to four years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” and deprivation of political rights for three years. He appealed, but the second instance upheld the original judgment. He was released after completing his sentence on March 1, 2022. It is reported that he suffered a serious chronic illness in prison that remained untreated for a long time; the disability caused by tremors in both hands also worsened, making it difficult for him to care for himself. He previously served his sentence in the old and disabled inmates’ unit of Nanjing Prison in Jiangsu. On April 13, 2023, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited China. That afternoon, Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan were invited to the German Embassy. However, while taking the subway in Beijing, they were stopped by several plainclothes police officers and verbally summoned. Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan were then taken to Bajiao Police Station in Shijingshan, Beijing. On April 14, 2023, both were criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” On the evening of April 15, more than seven police officers went to Yu Wensheng’s residence and read to his son, who had just turned 18, the notices concerning the criminal detention of Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan, but did not provide written documents or allow photographs. On May 21, 2023, the couple were formally arrested on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan had previously been detained at the Shijingshan District Detention Center in Beijing; the charge of “inciting subversion of state power” was later added. In early February 2024, it was learned that Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan had been transferred from Beijing to Suzhou for detention. Yu Wensheng was detained at Suzhou No. 1 Detention Center, while Xu Yan was detained at Suzhou No. 4 Detention Center at the same location. On August 30, 2024, the case of Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan was heard; they were sentenced on October 29. Yu Wensheng was sentenced to three years for “inciting subversion of state power,” while Xu Yan was sentenced to one year and nine months on the same charge. Yu Wensheng’s sentence ended on April 13, 2026. He had been serving his sentence at Zhenjiang Prison.
Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/3.html
42、Chen Jianxiong: His real name is Chen Jinxin. Born in 1974, he is from Chibi City, Hubei Province. He uses the online name Chen Jianxiong and is one of the “Five Gentlemen of Chibi,” a practitioner of the Southern Street Movement, a democratic rights activist and political prisoner. Since 2013, he has repeatedly participated in domestic public-support and solidarity activities, repeatedly displaying placards and banners to express political demands for democracy and constitutional government. He is one of the outstanding representatives of the Southern Street Movement and has consequently been repeatedly detained, criminally detained, tortured and forcibly driven away by Chinese Communist Party police. On May 25, 2013, he was criminally detained by local police on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” after publicizing democratic politics in Chibi City, Hubei Province, with Yuan Xiaohua, Yuan Fengchu, Huang Wenxun and other democracy activists; he was released on bail on July 13. On September 30, 2013, he and democracy activist Xie Wenfei displayed a banner on the streets of Foshan City, Guangdong Province, demanding the “abolition of one-party dictatorship and establishment of a democratic China.” Foshan police again criminally detained him on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” and held him at the Tianhe District Detention Center, where he endured severe torture. He was released on bail on October 30. In February 2014, he traveled to Qufu to investigate the truth after joining an observation group concerning the unnatural death of Xue Fushun in Qufu, Shandong Province, and was repeatedly beaten and driven away by police in Qufu. In March 2014, he was administratively detained for 15 days after traveling to Heilongjiang Province to support the “detention of lawyers in Jiansanjiang” incident. In May 2014, he was taken away by Wuhan police after going to Wuhan to meet Buddhist monk Xu Zhiqiang with several friends. He was again criminally detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” and released on bail on May 17. In July 2014, he again went to Zhengzhou, Henan Province, to participate in support for the “Zhengzhou Ten Gentlemen incident,” and went to Jiaozuo, Henan Province, to support the “Zhang Xiaoyu couple’s killing of a police officer incident.” On August 1, 2014, police seized him near Zhengzhou No. 3 Detention Center. Chibi City police in Hubei directly submitted the case to the procuratorate and arrested him on suspicion of “disturbing public order,” holding him at Chibi City Detention Center. On December 16, 2016, the Chibi City Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province, sentenced him to two years and eight months in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” He completed his sentence and was released on December 31, 2016. After leaving prison, his pursuit of democracy became even more steadfast. On September 29, 2017, he went with rights activist friends Yuan Bing and Liang Yiming to the National Security Brigade of the Chibi Public Security Bureau to complain about long-term surveillance and harassment after his release. The meeting ended unhappily because the two sides held different views and argued intensely. On October 3, he was again arrested and criminally detained by Chibi police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” On November 8, 2017, he was formally arrested by the Chibi Procuratorate and held at Chibi Detention Center. On August 12, 2019, the Chibi City Court of Hubei Province sentenced him at first instance to three years and six months in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” He appealed. On October 28, 2019, the Xianning Intermediate Court upheld the original judgment at second instance. He completed his sentence and was released on April 2, 2021. He had previously served his sentence at Xianning Prison in Hubei. On April 12, 2022, Chen Jianxiong was again criminally detained by local police and later arrested on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. He was subsequently prosecuted. His trial opened on June 9, 2023, but no verdict was issued. He was sentenced on April 8, 2024, to four years in prison, with his sentence ending on April 11, 2026. He was previously held at Chibi City Detention Center in Hubei and was transferred to Xianning Prison in Hubei on July 24, 2024, to serve his sentence until release.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/4_11.html
43、Li Daoguo: Editor-in-chief of the Wuyouzhixiang website. Li Daoguo is editor-in-chief of the well-known grassroots left-wing website “Wuyouzhixiang.” In recent years, because the environment in his hometown of Hui County was destroyed, farmland was damaged and mines were illegally exploited, Li Daoguo participated in rights-protection activities with people from his hometown and persisted in reporting illegal enterprises and relevant departments of the local government for violating the law in their enforcement. At around 8 p.m. on March 25, 2026, Li Daoguo was taken from his home in Beijing’s Haidian District to Taipingzhuang Police Station and was subsequently taken away by public-security personnel from Huixian City, Xinxiang, Henan. After he remained missing for more than 24 hours, his family contacted Beitaipingzhuang Police Station, Huixian Public Security Bureau and various other parties, finally confirming that Li Daoguo had been criminally detained on suspicion of “extortion.” The investigating unit was the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Huixian Public Security Bureau, and he was held at Xinxiang Detention Center. He was released without charge on April 7, 2026.
Source of information: https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_7.html
III. Updates on 17 people in prison learned during this period (with biographies)
Updates on Li Huaiqing, He Fangmei, Gangji Zhubaijia, Gang Ciren Zhuoma, Dong Yuyu, Zhang Yanxia, the Zion case, Yang Mingyu, Xie Yang, Xu Lin, Mao Shanchun, Huang Qi, Yin Dengzhen, Yin Jiangen, Zhang Zhan, Qu Hongbo and Jia Pin, among 17 others, in prison:
1/Li Huaiqing: Chongqing private entrepreneur sentenced to 20 years spends his 60th birthday in prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 29, 2026, this outlet learned that Li Huaiqing, a Chongqing private entrepreneur sentenced to 20 years, spent his 60th birthday in prison today.
Biography of Li Huaiqing: Born on April 29, 1966, he is from Chongqing, a demobilized military personnel, a volunteer with “随手公益” (“Random Acts of Public Service”), owner of Chongqing Fuhua Pawn Company, private entrepreneur and political prisoner detained in China. Because of his generous and public-spirited character, he paid long-term attention to and supported disadvantaged groups. He quietly subsidized poor children in the Daliangshan area and former comrades from difficult family circumstances for many years, actively participated in the “Great Love Cleans Dust” campaign to assist pneumoconiosis-affected workers, and donated nearly 300,000 yuan without seeking anything in return. He was deeply loved and welcomed by disadvantaged groups. On January 31, 2018, Chongqing police suddenly criminally detained him on a “gang-related” charge. His wife, children and company employees were also implicated and arrested, and were released only after being interrogated, threatened and intimidated for several hours for no apparent reason. In February of the same year, the company under his name, the assets and accounts of his wife Bao Yan and of his biological sister, who was completely unrelated to the case—including cash and property worth more than 100 million yuan in total—were frozen by Chongqing police in the name of an anti-gang campaign. His charge was later changed by the Chongqing Procuratorate to “inciting subversion of state power.” He was accused of having “incited subversion of state power through rumor-mongering and defamation” seven times on WeChat between October 2017 and January 2018, including forwarding an article stating that “the Red Fourth Front Army killed one million people in Sichuan,” as well as an audio recording containing terms such as “moral resistance” and “violent revolution,” which was deemed illegal. On April 24, 2018, his charge was changed from “gang-related crime” to “subversion of state power.” During his nearly two years in detention, neither his lawyers nor his family received any arrest notice or written explanation concerning his alleged “incitement to subvert state power.” The case against Li Huaiqing for allegedly inciting subversion of state power was heard at the Chongqing First Intermediate Court on June 8, 2020, without a verdict. Li Huaiqing was then held at the Jiangbei District Detention Center in Chongqing. On November 20, 2020, Chongqing private entrepreneur Li Huaiqing was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Chongqing First Intermediate Court for four offenses: inciting subversion of state power, fraud, extortion and unlawful detention. He was subsequently held at Liupanshui Prison in Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province. In May 2024, he was transferred to Xingyi Prison in Guizhou Province. He is currently held at Xingyi Prison, Guizhou Province. Address: Li Huaiqing, No. 2 Subdivision, Second Prison Area, No. 9, attached to Post Office Box 00934, Xingyi City, Guizhou Province (postcode 562400)
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/2060.html
2/He Fangmei: Update on family’s visit with renowned human-rights defender He Fangmei at Luoyang Women’s Prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 24, 2026, this outlet learned that the family of renowned human-rights defender He Fangmei successfully visited her at Luoyang Women’s Prison yesterday. After the visit, He Fangmei’s husband, Li Xin, reported: “We left Huixian for Luoyang at two in the morning today to visit her in prison. It was more than 200 kilometers, and the visit went smoothly. Fangmei looks much thinner, but she remains optimistic and steadfast. We brought all the documents required for the visit. The prison officials were very humane and enthusiastic in providing guidance, answering the questions of prisoners’ family members and leading us to the visiting hall. It felt like returning home, which deserves praise. Unlike Zhengzhou Women’s Prison, where the officials look unfriendly and it is difficult to get through the door. Fangmei said her transfer was normal and that I had been overthinking it.”
Biography of He Fangmei: Born on October 8, 1985, she is from Huixian, Xinxiang City, Henan Province. She uses the online name “Thirteenth Sister,” her occupation is unknown, and she is founder of the “Vaccine Babies’ Home” rights-defense group, human-rights defender and rights activist detained in China.
On March 23, 2018, after her one-year-and-10-month-old daughter became completely paralyzed after receiving a DTaP vaccine and her appeals for help and complaints were rejected, she sought redress through successive levels. After similar vaccine-injury incidents involving babies occurred in many places, she formed the “Vaccine Babies’ Home” rights-defense group to issue a joint appeal, seeking the authorities’ attention and reasonable compensation and treatment. The authorities repeatedly delayed the matter, forcing her to petition in Beijing, where she was repeatedly arrested and suppressed. On March 5, 2019, during the Chinese Communist Party’s “Two Sessions,” she went to Beijing’s Wangfujing with parents of children affected by problematic vaccines from various regions to raise funds for a disabled child, and was consequently administratively detained for 15 days by police in Huixian, Xinxiang. On March 21, she was criminally detained by Huixian police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and held at Xinxiang Detention Center, Henan. Because she consistently refused to plead guilty, the Huixian Procuratorate formally approved her arrest on the same charge on April 26, 2019. She was later prosecuted on six charges, with a recommended sentence of one year. Her case was formally heard at Huixian Court, Henan, on November 15 of the same year. On January 10, 2020, the Huixian Procuratorate withdrew the prosecution on the grounds that the “facts were unclear and the evidence insufficient,” and she was subsequently released without charge. On May 18, 2020, because she continued speaking out to request national legislation to resolve vaccine problems and called on the United Nations to pay attention to China’s vaccine problems, she was forcibly disappeared again in Beijing. After her release, on October 2, 2020, because the local government obstructed her from taking her daughter, who had been disabled by a vaccine, for medical treatment, she splashed ink on the Huixian government sign in protest and was administratively detained. On October 9, she again threw paint on the Huixian municipal government in protest. On October 14, 2020, she and her husband, their then-six-year-old son and their three-year-old disabled daughter were taken away by Huixian police. She was subsequently placed under residential surveillance at a designated location at Gongji Hospital in Xinxiang on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for 18 months, during which she gave birth to a younger daughter. On March 23, 2021, Huixian police formally arrested her on suspicion of “bigamy” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Her husband, Li Xin, was forcibly disappeared, while the whereabouts of their son and disabled daughter were also unknown. In April 2022, after her defense lawyer became involved, it was learned that her case had already been tried at first instance, but there had been no result and her relatives had not been notified. On October 23, 2024, her case was again decided at first instance by Huixian Court, Henan, and she was sentenced to five years and six months in prison for “bigamy” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” She appealed. On January 21, 2025, it was learned that the Xinxiang Intermediate Court of Henan upheld the original judgment at second instance, with her sentence ending on January 1, 2027. It is reported that her husband, Li Xin, formerly an editor at Nandu.com, was also wrongfully sentenced to five years on an unspecified charge for defending rights together with her and is serving his sentence at Jiaozuo Prison in Henan. Their son was sent to live with villagers, while their two young daughters were initially held at Gongji Hospital but were transferred elsewhere in early April 2024; the family has been unable to contact them to this day. After hearing this, she became extremely concerned about the children’s living conditions, physical and mental health and education, and hopes to come out soon to care for and accompany them. She was previously held at Xinxiang Detention Center. In March 2026, she was sent to Zhengzhou Women’s Prison in Zhongmu County to serve her sentence. In April 2026, she was transferred again to Luoyang Women’s Prison.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_24.html
3/4/Gangji Zhubaijia and Gang Ciren Zhuoma: Tibetan political prisoners Gangji Zhubaijia and Gang Ciren Zhuoma suffer abuse in prison, health continues to deteriorate
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 23, 2026, this outlet reprinted a report by Voice of Tibet dated April 21, 2026: Gangji Zhubaijia, a Tibetan writer from Seda County, Tibet, and Tibetan woman Gang Ciren Zhuoma, who were given lengthy sentences by the Chinese Communist Party authorities in 2022 for “splitting the country,” have reportedly suffered long-term torture and abuse in prison, resulting in physical and mental health problems and raising concerns externally. In March 2021, Tibetan writer Gangji Zhubaijia from Seda County was arrested by Chinese Communist Party police for writing and publishing several books and articles concerning Tibet’s fate and situation and for establishing the “Anti-Red Organization.” In April of the same year, Tibetan woman Gang Ciren Zhuoma from Seda was also arrested by the authorities for participating in peaceful protests in Seda County. In 2022, the Chinese Communist Party authorities sentenced the two separately to 14 and eight years in prison on charges of “suspected separatism and endangering national security.” Recently, according to a report by the exile Tibetan media outlet Tibet Times, Gangji Zhubaijia and Gang Ciren Zhuoma have suffered harsh torture and abuse in prison, causing Gangji Zhubaijia to develop serious mental problems, a sharp decline in vision and memory, and severe deterioration of kidney and heart function. At the same time, Gang Ciren Zhuoma has also experienced declining memory, mental confusion and persistent localized physical pain. The report said that the Chinese Communist Party authorities have ignored prison regulations requiring timely medical treatment for inmates, leaving the health of Gangji Zhubaijia and Gang Ciren Zhuoma in critical condition. It is reported that in 2024 Gangji Zhubaijia was held at Seda County Prison, as was Gang Ciren Zhuoma, but because the Chinese Communist Party authorities have continued transferring Tibetan political prisoners who attract international attention, their actual current places of detention cannot be confirmed.
Biography of Gangji Zhubaijia: Gangji Zhubaijia was born on August 6, 1981, in the Ranchung area of Seda, Tibet. His father is Tuden Nyima and his mother is Wangtang Zhuoma. He and his wife Wangxiu Lamu have a son and a daughter. Gangji Zhubaijia was arrested by the Chinese Communist Party authorities as early as February 2012 and was sentenced to five years in 2013 by the Yajiang County People’s Court for conducting activities concerning Tibet. The day after his release in September 2016, he was again detained for 17 days by the Seda County police station after being accused of displaying an image of the Dalai Lama on his head and having a bad attitude.
Biography of Gang Ciren Zhuoma: Gang Ciren Zhuoma was born in 1997 in the Dazegangca area of Seda County, Tibet. Her father is Suoluo and her mother is Cuoji. She and her husband Gama Wangxiu have two sons. Beginning in 2008, Gang Ciren Zhuoma was repeatedly arrested and detained by the authorities for participating in peaceful protests in Seda County with her father, Suoluo. Each time she was imprisoned, she was beaten by prison guards, causing her hip bone to break. Even after her release, her words and actions remained under strict surveillance by the authorities. Whenever sensitive anniversaries approached, she had to report to the local police station and was prohibited from leaving her place of origin.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_23.html
5/Dong Yuyu: Former Guangming Daily deputy editor of the Commentary Department, sentenced to seven years, transferred to Tianjin Chaobai Prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 21, 2026, this outlet learned that Dong Yuyu, former deputy editor of the Commentary Department of Guangming Daily, who was sentenced to seven years, was transferred to Tianjin Chaobai Prison on March 17, 2026, to serve his sentence.
Biography of Dong Yuyu: Born in 1962, he is from Fushun City, Liaoning Province, a participant in the June Fourth events, former visiting scholar at Harvard University in the United States and Keio University and Hokkaido University in Japan, former deputy editor of the Commentary Department of Guangming Daily, liberal thinker and political prisoner detained in China. He studied law at Peking University in his early years and joined Guangming Daily after graduating in 1987. In 1989, he was sent to the countryside for one year for participating in the June Fourth protests, then returned to Guangming Daily. He wrote for the domestic history magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu and contributed commentaries to the Chinese-language website of The New York Times. In 2006, he became a visiting scholar at Harvard University for one year after receiving a Nieman Journalism Fellowship, and later also served as a visiting scholar at Keio University and Hokkaido University in Japan. On February 21, 2022, he was suddenly taken away by police for investigation after having lunch with a Japanese diplomat at the Xin Qiao Hotel in Beijing. The Japanese diplomat was also taken away and released several hours later, but Dong was detained for a prolonged period on unclear charges. That day, the Japanese government immediately lodged a protest, while the Chinese government responded that the two were investigated and detained because they had engaged in activities “inconsistent” with their work. After he had been detained for more than a year, on March 23, 2023, his family finally received notification from Beijing police claiming that he had been formally arrested on suspicion of “espionage” and prosecuted by a Beijing procuratorate. His case was soon transferred to a Beijing court for trial. His family insisted that he was neither a spy nor a foreign agent. To seek justice, family members who had previously chosen silence decided to make the matter public. It is reported that since his detention, his family has never been allowed to see him, and his defense lawyer has been allowed only one meeting with him. To date, the specific date of his trial remains unclear. He was being held at an unspecified detention center in southern Beijing. On November 29, 2024, Dong Yuyu was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Chinese Communist Party authorities for “espionage.” His sentence ends on February 20, 2029. On November 13, 2025, the second-instance judgment was issued: the appeal was rejected and the original judgment upheld. On March 17, 2026, he was transferred to Tianjin Chaobai Prison to serve his sentence.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/7_21.html
6/Zhang Yanxia: Liaoning Heishan Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Yanxia, sentenced to five years, develops heart disease as a result of persecution in prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 19, 2026, this outlet learned that Zhang Yanxia is a female Falun Gong practitioner from Heishan County, Liaoning, and was in her 50s in 2025. Zhang Yanxia began practicing Falun Gong in February 1999. In July of that year, Jiang Zemin’s Chinese Communist Party faction began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong. In the face of persecution, she continued explaining Falun Gong to the public, and was therefore arrested by national-security police in Heishan twice, in 2003 and 2005. She was detained for two months on those occasions and extorted a total of 26,000 yuan in fines. On June 3, 2025, Zhang Yanxia and Xu Yue were arrested by police in a raid on their homes and have been held and framed at Jinzhou Detention Center ever since. In November 2025, the Heishan County Court held a trial. Zhang Yanxia was sentenced to five years and Xu Yue to two years and six months. It was reported that they would be transferred to Liaoning Women’s Prison in mid-December to serve their sentences. Zhang Yanxia has been held at Liaoning Women’s Prison for five months. The prison has consistently refused family visits on the grounds that she has “not compromised” and “not changed her statement,” because she insists on practicing Falun Gong. Not long ago, the prison suddenly called her family, saying that Zhang Yanxia had “developed heart disease due to high blood pressure,” and said that the family would be notified if her condition worsened. Zhang Yanxia is in her 50s and was previously in good health, without any illness. Since being held at Jinzhou Detention Center last year, she has become visibly thinner, but the family has now been told that she has heart disease. Her family is extremely worried about her physical condition. The nature of the persecution she has suffered in prison remains to be determined.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/5_19.html
7/Zion case: Family group of 18 detained pastors and co-workers in Beijing Zion Church’s “10·9” case: update on the case (April 16, 2026)
The 18 pastors and co-workers detained in the “10·9” case involving Beijing Zion Church remain held at Beihai No. 1 and No. 2 Detention Centers in Guangxi on suspicion of “illegally using an information network.” Today marks the 188th day.
1、For more than six months, family members have never received a clear response concerning the case, and their right to know has not been protected. Today, a lawyer called the case-management department of the Yinhai District Procuratorate to inquire and was told that the case had again been postponed for two months. Under the law, major cases may apply for an extension to investigate and collect evidence. The case has now entered its seventh month of extension, but we have not received any formal written notification. At the end of March, detainees reportedly learned from case personnel that the case had entered the “final interrogation” stage, but the specific situation is unclear. Among the detainees, those in serious health condition still have not received effective medical treatment. The hot weather, malnutrition and poor accommodation conditions are cause for concern.
2、In late March, some of the sisters held at the No. 2 Detention Center received Bibles. However, because defense lawyers continue to face illegal suppression and normal meetings are not guaranteed, we cannot obtain comprehensive and timely feedback.
3、The elderly parents of some detained pastors have been harassed and threatened at home by relevant departments, frightening them and causing concern about their health and emotional state.
4、The wives and young children of some detained pastors have been threatened by several unidentified people who suddenly entered their homes, demanding that they “not go out casually, and report to the local police station if they need to go out.”
5、The team of lawyers providing legal assistance to our relatives continues to face extremely harsh suppression. Every lawyer is facing, to varying degrees, investigation, spot checks during annual license inspections, summonses, warnings and disciplinary action, and even threats of being forced to suspend operations, having their licenses revoked or having their licenses canceled.
6、Postcards and books mailed by relatives and friends to the detained pastors and co-workers have been returned one after another, trampling the detainees’ right to communicate.
We strongly condemn all conduct that violates the Constitution and the law, and call for genuine respect for the rights granted to citizens by the state Constitution and laws.
Family Group of the 18 Detained Pastors and Co-workers in Beijing Zion Church’s “10·9” Case, 2026.4.16
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/109181092026416.html
8/Yang Mingyu: Shandong human-rights defender Yang Mingyu (Yang Lin), sentenced to eight years, spends his 58th birthday in prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 14, 2026, this outlet learned that today Yang Mingyu (Yang Lin), a Shandong human-rights defender sentenced to eight years, spent his 58th birthday in prison.
Biography of Yang Mingyu: Born on April 14, 1968, he uses the pseudonym Yang Lin and is from Linqing City in the Liaocheng area of Shandong Province. He is a rights activist, signatory of Charter 08 and political prisoner detained in China. From his 20s, he went to Shenzhen to work for a living. After suffering injustice in a workplace accident in 2006, he joined the petitioning community and was consequently sentenced to one year in prison, given one year of reeducation through labor and administratively detained 11 times. Having repeatedly suffered injustice and misfortune while petitioning, he came to feel deeply that pursuing democracy and constitutional government was the only way forward, and resolutely devoted himself to advancing democracy and constitutional government in China. In particular, in 2012 and 2013, he actively participated many times in activities displaying placards demanding public disclosure of officials’ assets and calling for basic civil rights. These actions ultimately angered and embittered the authorities, and he was secretly arrested by Shenzhen police from June 11 to 12, 2013. On July 19, 2013, Shenzhen police formally arrested him on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” and held him in Cell 213 at Shenzhen No. 2 Detention Center. On February 27, 2014, his case was heard at Shenzhen Intermediate Court. On November 24, 2015, Shenzhen Intermediate Court finally sentenced him to three years in prison for the same charge and deprived him of political rights for four years. He was released after completing his sentence on June 11, 2016. It is reported that during his detention he was secretly held for more than four months at Futian District Detention Center and Shenzhen No. 2 Detention Center and endured severe torture. On March 21, 2021, he was again criminally detained by police in Linqing City, Shandong, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” In February 2023, it was learned that Yang Mingyu had been sentenced to eight years. His sentence ends on March 20, 2029. He was previously held at Linqing City Detention Center and has now been transferred to a prison in Shandong. Mailing address: Post Office Box 210, Sub-box 114, Jinan, Shandong; postcode 250100.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/858.html
9/Xie Yang: Renowned human-rights lawyer Xie Yang, sentenced to five years for speech, decides to abandon appeal
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 10, 2026, this outlet learned that renowned human-rights lawyer Xie Yang was convicted for his speech and sentenced to five years in prison by the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court on March 23, 2026, for “inciting subversion of state power.” Today, after considerable difficulty, the defense lawyer met with Xie Yang. Xie Yang decided to abandon his appeal, hoping to be transferred to prison as soon as possible to experience life there. He was moved to tears by lawyer Kai’s recent support for him.
Biography of Xie Yang: Born on February 4, 1972, he is from Changsha City, Hunan Province; former lawyer at Tiandiren Law Firm and Changsha Jingyingke Law Firm, formerly a lawyer at Hunan Gangwei Law Firm, human-rights lawyer and political prisoner detained in China. Since formally beginning legal practice in 2011, he represented many rights cases involving abuse of public power, including the Xue Mingkai case in Qufu County, Shandong; the Zhang Baocheng case in Beijing’s New Citizens Movement; the Nanle church case in Nanle County, Henan; and the land-rights case of Zhang Kaihua in Liuyang City, Hunan. He also actively followed and participated in social rights-defense movements, including visiting blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng and supporting lawyers arrested in Jiansanjiang. As a result, he repeatedly faced obstruction, coercion and suppression by judicial authorities. On November 15, 2011, he went alone to Dongshigu Village, Shandong, to visit blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng and was beaten and robbed by local criminal forces. In August 2013, while representing a private lending dispute and demanding the result of the collegial panel’s deliberations to protect his client’s interests, he was fined 50,000 yuan by the Hunan Lawyers Association and was asked by his law firm to terminate his contract and leave. On February 13, 2014, because he was retained as a lawyer in the “Shandong Xue family murder case,” he was taken away by Hunan Justice Department authorities for a “talk over tea.” On February 20, 2014, while representing Hunan Liuyang land-rights activist Zhang Kaihua, he was subjected to brutal obstruction by the local court during a hearing. From October 2013 to May 2014, because he repeatedly represented rights cases, he was subjected to disguised suppression by the Hunan Lawyers Association, which refused to approve his transfer to another firm. In March 2015, because he actively represented several forced land-acquisition and demolition cases in Changsha’s Yuhua District, he was illegally expelled by the local court while representing farmers from Lianhu Village in an administrative lawsuit concerning land acquisition. On May 17, 2015, because he represented a rights case involving a client at the Beibu Gulf Building Materials Market in Nanning, Guangxi, he was attacked with weapons by several unidentified people, suffering serious injuries and a fracture to his right leg. Although he reported the attack, local police delayed responding. On July 11, 2015, he was taken away by Changsha police during the Chinese Communist Party’s “709 mass arrests.” He was subsequently placed under residential surveillance at a designated location on suspicion of “disturbing courtroom order” and “inciting subversion of state power,” and his request for a meeting by his lawyer was rejected. On January 9, 2016, Changsha police formally arrested him on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” On May 8, 2017, his case was heard at the Hunan Changsha Intermediate Court. However, because he was forced to plead guilty in court and deny having suffered torture, he was released on bail that day. On December 26 of the same year, Changsha Intermediate Court formally announced its judgment: he was found guilty of inciting subversion of state power but exempted from criminal punishment. Although he was not sentenced to prison, he remained under long-term house arrest and close surveillance. On January 11, 2022, Xie Yang was taken away by Changsha police after going at the end of 2022 to Yongshun County, Hunan, to support pregnant teacher Li Tiantian, who had been forcibly confined in a psychiatric hospital for publishing online comments. He was subsequently criminally detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” His residence was searched, many personal belongings were damaged, and two computers and a safe were taken away. On February 17, 2022, the Changsha Procuratorate formally approved his arrest on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” He suffered torture in prison. Xie Yang is currently held at Changsha No. 1 Detention Center, No. 1736 Yuanda 2, Quantang Subdistrict, Changsha County, Changsha City, Hunan Province (postcode 410131). On March 23, 2026, Xie Yang was sentenced to five years in prison by Changsha Intermediate People’s Court for “inciting subversion of state power” and fined 100,000 yuan. The stated reason for the judgment was certain WeChat comments by Xie Yang. His sentence ends on January 10, 2027.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/5_10.html
10/Xu Lin: Renowned democratic figure and human-rights defender Xu Lin, sentenced to three years and nine months, spends his 62nd birthday in prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 9, 2026, this outlet learned that today Xu Lin, a renowned democratic figure and human-rights defender sentenced to three years and nine months, spent his 62nd birthday in prison.
Biography of Xu Lin: Born on April 9, 1964, he is from Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province; a poet, philosophy researcher, Guangdong online writer, member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, democratic dissident and prisoner of conscience in China. Beginning in the late 1990s, he wrote political articles and poetry and composed songs. From 2010, he actively engaged in street placard displays, speeches and organizing citizens’ gatherings in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places. In recent years, working with rights activist Liu Sifang, he composed and produced several songs about freedom, human rights and the rule of law, which were popular among supporters of freedom and democracy. He consequently aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Guangdong authorities and became a target of strict stability-control measures, suffering repeated illegal detention and secret confinement. In 2012, after adapting and setting to music a poem by Zhejiang dissident Zhu Yufu titled “It Is Time,” retitled “Right Now,” and attracting widespread attention and reposting by internet users, he was criminally detained by Guangzhou police on April 4 of that year on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” He was held at Panyu Detention Center in Guangzhou and accused of conduct more serious than displaying placards on Guangzhou streets, with a clear intention to incite people to take to the streets and extremely serious circumstances. On May 4, he was transferred by Guangdong authorities to secret residential surveillance elsewhere. During this period, his family repeatedly asked the authorities to provide written notification and the place of detention, but both requests were refused. In August of the same year, he participated in the “Thousand-Person Citizens’ Assembly at Lianhua Mountain Park” initiated by democratic figure Wang Dengchao and planned to give a political speech at the event, but was kidnapped by the authorities beforehand and secretly detained for three months. In August 2015, the song “Song of the Righteous Lawyer,” which he composed after the “709” mass arrests, angered the authorities. His employer dismissed him under official pressure, and he was kidnapped and placed under house arrest in Guangzhou for one month. On September 26, 2017, on the eve of the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress, while caring for his ill father in his hometown in Hunan, he was suddenly criminally detained by police from Guangzhou’s Nansha District on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” His Guangzhou residence was searched, and his computer, mobile phone, books, notebooks and other personal items were taken. The following day, his musical partner Liu Sifang was also taken away by police in Yichun City, Jiangxi, on the same grounds. On November 2, 2017, the Nansha District Procuratorate formally approved his arrest on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and he was held at Nansha District Detention Center in Guangzhou. It is reported that he was tortured in custody and was interrogated in three police shifts every day from October 5 to 20, giving no confession. On December 7, 2018, the Nansha District Court sentenced him to three years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” with his sentence ending on September 25, 2020. He had previously served his sentence at Gaoming Prison in Foshan City, Guangdong Province. On May 17, 2024, Xu Lin was again criminally detained by the Nansha branch of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. On June 22, it was learned that he had been formally arrested. He was held at Nansha Detention Center in Guangzhou throughout. His trial opened on March 18, 2025. On August 8, 2025, the Nansha Court in Guangzhou announced its judgment, sentencing Xu Lin to three years and nine months, with his sentence ending on February 15, 2028. On September 11, 2025, he was transferred to Guangdong Yingde Prison (No. 1, Road 4, Jinzi Mountain Avenue North, Yingde City, Guangdong Province).
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/3962.html
11/Mao Shanchun: Hubei human-rights defender Mao Shanchun, sentenced to four years, spends his 52nd birthday in prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 7, 2026, this outlet learned that today is the 52nd birthday of Hubei human-rights defender Mao Shanchun, who was sentenced to four years, and that he spent his birthday in prison. Mao Shanchun participated for a long time in protest activities including public observation and solidarity. He was criminally detained on January 31, 2024, and later sentenced to four years for picking quarrels and provoking trouble.
Biography of Mao Shanchun: Born on April 7, 1974, he is from Gong’an County, Hubei Province; a permanent resident of the Lüdi Xiezi Riverside residential community in Hannan District, Wuhan; an active internet user, member of Qin Yongmin’s China Human Rights Watch team, rights activist, democratic dissident and political prisoner detained in China. As early as 2013, because he insisted on defending the dignity of the law, he relied on the relevant authorization of Articles 35, 42 and 27 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China to defend basic individual human rights, supervise government administration according to law and protect citizens’ lawful rights and interests. He actively participated in the launch of China Human Rights Watch and, in March of the following year, was entrusted by all the founders to lawfully apply for registration at the social-organization registration office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Beijing. However, registration failed after four attempts, so he thereafter acted as a member of the organization’s team. Through participating in and experiencing many rights-defense incidents—including witnessing the Xue Fushun death incident in Qufu, Shandong; the Jiansanjiang incident in Heilongjiang; observing the Zhengzhou No. 3 Detention Center incident in Henan; attending the trial of Zhao Fengsheng’s subversion case in Hengyang, Hunan; and the death of Zhang Limao at Guangzhou Detention Center—his rights-defense views gradually matured, and he became more firmly convinced that democracy and the rule of law are fundamental to social development and progress. Because of his firm awareness and conduct in defending democracy and rights, he was long subjected to harassment, illegal detention and other suppression by local authorities and police. He was also beaten without cause by a secret institution in Qufu, Shandong, causing a nasal fracture that has still not healed. On March 19, 2020, he publicly issued “Statement on Withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party,” causing a sharp increase in online views and likes and making the local authorities extremely displeased. On January 30, 2024, as the Hubei Two Sessions opened, he was forced by the government’s so-called “sensitive period” to return from Wuhan to his hometown in Gong’an County for the New Year. Unexpectedly, the next day, January 31, he was criminally detained by Gong’an County police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” On March 7 of the same year, he was formally arrested on the same charge. On June 7, his case was transferred by Gong’an police to the Gong’an County Procuratorate for review and prosecution. On August 28, 2024, his case for picking quarrels and provoking trouble was heard at Gong’an County Court in Hubei. It was later learned that he was sentenced at first instance to four years, with his sentence ending on January 29, 2028. It is reported that he often suffered mental torment in the detention center, each time for one hour or more. After he was arrested, a national-security police officer threatened his family, saying that he was suspected of crimes including subversion of state power. His father, upon hearing this, was overcome by grief and anger and unfortunately died. Mao Shanchun was previously held at Gong’an County Detention Center in Hubei, then transferred to Guanghua Prison, and later transferred again to Fanjiatai Prison in Shayang, Hubei (Hongling Avenue, Shayang County, Jingmen City).
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/452.html
12/Huang Qi: Renowned human-rights defender Huang Qi, sentenced to 12 years, spends his 63rd birthday in prison
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 7, 2026, this outlet learned that today renowned human-rights defender Huang Qi, who was sentenced to 12 years, spent his 63rd birthday in prison. Huang Qi has been repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for engaging in human-rights work and has been sentenced three times. In 2003, he was sentenced to five years for defending the rights of disadvantaged groups and calling for protection of human rights. In 2009, he was sentenced to three years for exposing shoddy construction that caused students’ deaths. He was arrested again on November 28, 2016, and sentenced to 12 years in 2019, bringing his cumulative prison term to 20 years. He has spent eight years in prison. His mother, Pu Wenqing, is now in her 90s and her health continues to deteriorate. The visitation rights of mother and son have not been protected in any way. His mother remains under 24-hour surveillance. Huang Qi suffers from renal failure, coronary heart disease, hydrocephalus and several other serious illnesses. Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch has repeatedly urged the Chinese government, on humanitarian grounds, to allow Huang Qi to receive medical parole.
Biography of Huang Qi: Born on April 7, 1963, he is from Neijiang City, Sichuan Province; founder of the “64 Tianwang” website and head of the Tianwang Human Rights Affairs Center in China, human-rights defender and prisoner of conscience detained in China. Because he had long followed social issues, he established the “Tianwang Missing Persons Office” in 1998 and set up the “64 Tianwang” website in 1999. He was accustomed to publishing politically sensitive articles online and consequently repeatedly faced strict control, summonses, criminal detention and imprisonment by the authorities. He was convicted for speech and arrested by police three times; he was sentenced on the first two occasions. On June 5, 2000, because overseas dissidents published articles about the 1989 Tiananmen incident on his webpage, he was criminally detained by Chengdu police in Sichuan and formally arrested on July 12. On February 22, 2003, the Chengdu Intermediate Court of Sichuan sentenced him to five years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power” and deprived him of political rights for one year. In prison, he was repeatedly beaten by judicial police, prison guards and other prisoners, causing serious illnesses including hydrocephalus, cerebral atrophy, enlarged bilateral ventricles and narrowing of the aqueduct. After his release, on December 31, 2006, he reorganized 64 Tianwang as the China Tianwang Human Rights Affairs Center and established the first comprehensive human-rights organization in mainland China. On June 3 of the same year, he received the Sixth China Human Rights Youth Award. On June 10, 2008, because he published reports questioning the government about the Sichuan earthquake disaster—that is, online articles exposing “shoddy construction” in the Wenchuan earthquake—he was criminally detained for the second time by Chengdu police and formally arrested on July 18. On November 23, 2009, the Wuhou District Court in Chengdu sentenced him to three years in prison for “illegal possession of state secrets.” He was released after completing his sentence on June 9, 2011. By then, because of prolonged suffering and inhumane treatment in prison, he had developed an incurable kidney disease. On November 28, 2016, after exposing the contents of an internal document, he was taken from his home in Chengdu and criminally detained for the third time by police in Mianyang, Sichuan, and disappeared. On December 16 of the same year, he was formally arrested for “illegally providing state secrets to foreign countries” and held at Mianyang Detention Center. In early March 2018, his case was transferred to the Mianyang Court in Sichuan for trial. On July 29, 2019, the Mianyang Court sentenced him at first instance to 12 years in prison for “intentionally leaking state secrets” and “illegally providing state secrets to foreign countries.” He appealed, but the Mianyang Intermediate People’s Court upheld the original judgment at second instance, with his sentence ending on November 27, 2028. He is currently serving his sentence at Bazhong Prison in Sichuan. It is reported that Huang Qi has suffered abuse and persecution in prison, is often beaten by inmates and injured in the legs, and that money sent by his family has been arbitrarily withheld by prison guards. His health is extremely poor, with a risk of renal failure and serious illnesses including hydrocephalus, heart disease, emphysema and pneumonia.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/1263.html
13/Yin Dengzhen: Hubei Shiyan rights activist Yin Dengzhen, who will soon spend her 58th birthday at Wuhan Women’s Prison, has worsening lymphoma and concerning physical condition
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 6, 2026, this outlet learned that since 7 a.m. on January 26, 2025, rights activist Yin Dengzhen has been forcibly detained after six unidentified people illegally broke into and robbed her home in Beijing’s Daxing District and abducted her. Despite knowing that Yin Dengzhen has lymphoma and does not meet the conditions for detention, the Hubei Prison Administration and Wuhan Women’s Prison illegally accepted her into custody by falsifying medical examination reports, depriving her of basic medical rights for a prolonged period, allowing her condition to continue deteriorating and even using medical deprivation to achieve deliberate murder.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_29.html
14/Yin Jiangen: Court notifies extension of trial period by three months in case of Hunan Zhuzhou self-media writer Yin Jiangen, arrested across provinces and prosecuted for speech
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 6, 2026, this outlet learned that Yin Jiangen (Bigen), a self-media writer from Zhuzhou, Hunan, who was convicted for his speech, was arrested across provincial lines by He County police and remains held at He County Detention Center. His case was heard in February this year but no verdict was announced in court. Recently, Yin Jiangen’s defense lawyer received notice that the trial period had been extended by three months. All the charges in Yin Jiangen’s speech-related case concern more than 450 articles he published on WeChat public accounts under the names “Sunlight Beneath the Pen” and “That Ray of Light in Spring,” criticizing and supervising village and community party secretaries, subdistrict offices, government departments, public-security organs and courts.”
Biography of Yin Jiangen: Born in 1965, he is from Hunan Province and lives in the Guihua residential community, Hetang Town, Zhuzhou City. He is a self-media writer, blogger on the Weibo public account “Sunlight Beneath the Pen,” reporter for Fazhi Online, rights activist and political prisoner detained in China. Because he is upright and has long focused on people’s livelihood issues, with the emergence and development of Generation Z—also called the “digital generation” and “internet generation”—he began creating self-media platforms to expose current abuses and often wrote articles speaking for many disadvantaged rights-defense groups needing help. On August 11, 2025, because he published on a self-media platform an article titled “Anhui’s He County Again Recreates Shandong’s Pingdu ‘Wang Li Secretary Version’; Compared with Her, Secretary Liu Ying Is ‘Even Better,’” which contained criticism of Liu Ying, party secretary of Liyang Town, He County, Anhui Province, police from He County, Ma’anshan City, Anhui, crossed provincial lines to his residential compound in Zhuzhou, Hunan, and forcibly demanded that he delete the post. He refused, after which He County police took him away and he disappeared. After 20 days of inquiries by family, friends and concerned internet users, it was finally learned that he had been criminally detained by He County police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and held at He County Detention Center. It was said that his arrest was connected to his repeated online reporting under the pen name “Sunlight Beneath the Pen” of the “second brick kiln’s unpaid brick money rights-defense” case involving petitioner Chen Dezhen in He County, Anhui, and his speaking out to clear Chen’s name and defend his rights. Chen was originally a law-abiding farmer in He County, Anhui, but became involved in a long-term rights struggle because of a debt dispute in 1995 over 90,000 red bricks with the local Second Brick Kiln, after the Liyang Town government illegally transferred the creditor’s rights to a rubber company. In 2021, Chen finally reached a brick-payment compensation agreement with the local town government, but the town government later broke its promise and failed to pay. Chen then petitioned in Beijing and was sentenced to one year. After his release, Chen was administratively detained for 18 days after posting on Weibo that local government official Liu Ying had made a false police report. Yin felt deep sorrow and injustice over Chen’s experience and wrote articles to help and call for support, unexpectedly attracting pressure and warnings from the authorities in He County, Anhui, where Chen lived. On September 3, 2025, his defense lawyer met with him at He County Detention Center and, with his consent, submitted to police and the local procuratorate applications for release on bail, designation of jurisdiction and supervision of a decision not to approve arrest. All were rejected. On September 15, he was formally arrested by the He County Procuratorate of Anhui on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” During his detention, after reviewing the case files at the He County Procuratorate, the lawyer met with him. He said that he had been subjected to fatigue interrogation by investigators and pressured to confess. In mid-December 2025, the case was transferred to the He County Procuratorate for review and prosecution. After learning of this, dozens of internet users launched a joint petition and wrote to the He County People’s Procuratorate, asking it to conduct a strictly lawful, independent, objective and impartial review and to decide not to prosecute him. He is currently held at He County Detention Center in Anhui.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
15/Zhang Zhan: Defense lawyer for renowned human-rights defender Zhang Zhan, sentenced to four years, refused a prison visit; her condition in prison is concerning
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 1, 2026, this outlet learned that a defense lawyer for renowned human-rights defender Zhang Zhan was refused a prison visit, after the lawyer had previously been refused visits many times.
According to a March 28, 2026 statement by the Zhang Zhan Concern Group, a lawyer’s application to visit Zhang Zhan in prison was rejected. Since Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years on September 19, 2025, the authorities have repeatedly rejected, obstructed and threatened the lawyer’s requests to meet her. While Zhang Zhan was held at a detention center, two lawyers who accepted the family’s mandate to represent her were at one point even kidnapped and pressured to withdraw in Shanghai. Zhang Zhan has been imprisoned for exactly 17 months since she was again arrested and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party on August 28, 2024. She has never compromised and has remained in a state of semi-fasting, sometimes being force-fed. She is physically weak and has severe stomach problems. The concern group said it was extremely worried that Zhang Zhan had been deprived of her right to appeal and meet with a lawyer, that her illness was not receiving timely treatment while she was cut off from the outside world, and that she could be abused for refusing to cooperate with the prison’s “education and reform,” endangering her life.
Biography of Zhang Zhan: Female, born on September 2, 1983, she is from Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, and a resident of Shanghai’s Pudong New Area. She formerly served as an executive at a Shanghai securities company, was a practicing lawyer, citizen journalist, human-rights defender and political prisoner detained in China. In her early years, she studied finance at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and obtained a master’s degree. From 2010, she left her hometown to seek work in Shanghai. She once willingly gave up a highly paid position at a securities company in pursuit of freedom and ideals. She worked as a lawyer but was later retaliated against and forced to leave the legal profession for publishing articles online criticizing current abuses. Dissatisfied with the political situation under the Chinese Communist Party authorities, she long published comments criticizing “one-party dictatorship,” corruption and abuse of power on online platforms. Because her content was sharp and targeted, she was repeatedly summoned, questioned and threatened by Shanghai police. Since 2019, she extensively reposted videos, pictures and text about Hong Kong’s “anti-extradition” protests on WeChat and other social media, and displayed an umbrella on Shanghai streets calling for an end to the socialist system and the Communist Party’s removal from power. She was consequently criminally detained by police in Shanghai’s Huangpu District on September 9, 2019, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” During this period, she was subjected twice to compulsory “psychiatric assessments” and was not released on bail until November 26. Since early 2020, after the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic spread, she went to Wuhan in person to conduct on-site investigations and reporting to obtain first-hand data despite the risks. This quickly aroused extreme dissatisfaction and rapid suppression by the Chinese Communist Party authorities. On May 14, 2020, she was taken from a temporary lodging hotel by Wuhan police, and the following day was criminally detained by police in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” On June 19, the Pudong New Area Procuratorate approved her arrest. On September 18, her case was transferred to the Pudong New Area Court in Shanghai. On December 28, 2020, the court sentenced her at first instance to four years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” with her sentence ending on May 13, 2024. It is reported that her family’s requests to visit her were refused for a long period. Because she staged a long-term hunger strike in prison, she was force-fed and became extremely weak. Zhang Zhan previously served her sentence at Shanghai Women’s Prison. On August 25, 2024, she went to Gansu to rescue Zhang Pan, and was again arrested by the authorities on August 28 and criminally detained. She was formally arrested on November 18, 2024. She was later prosecuted. Her trial opened at the Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai on September 19, 2025, and the court announced its judgment: she was found guilty of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and sentenced to four years in prison. Her sentence ends on August 28, 2028. She was previously held at Pudong Detention Center. She is currently serving her sentence at Shanghai Women’s Prison.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/4.html
16/Qu Hongbo: Details and biography of Qu Hongbo (Mingdao), victim in the Shenyang “Saiter Fellowship case,” who was arrested
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 4, 2026, this outlet learned the details and biography of Qu Hongbo (Mingdao), victim in the Shenyang “Saiter Fellowship case,” who was arrested. They are reported as follows:
Qu Hongbo: Also known as Mingdao, he is from Liaoning Province, a Christian, pastor of the “Saiter Youth Fellowship” in Kangping County, Shenyang (affiliated with the Shenyang house church “Way of Life Church,” also known as the “Full Scope Church”), victim in the “Saiter Fellowship case” and prisoner of conscience detained in China. He was formerly a businessman with a substantial income, but after being baptized and converting to Jesus Christ, and as his understanding of Christian faith deepened, he felt called in the 2010s and resolutely abandoned his affluent life, equipped himself with theology and devoted himself full time to pastoral work for more than 10 years. The church said that he was a good pastor who “combined virtue and ability, kept his hands clean and his heart pure, and was full of compassion.” However, as the Chinese Communist Party regime intensified its suppression of Christian house churches, his church repeatedly faced persecution and threats by the authorities against its pastors, co-workers and core believers. On June 28, 2025, police from the Shengli Police Station in Kangping County, Shenyang, suddenly broke into his home, forcibly took him away and searched the home. From the following day through July 2, several other church co-workers and core believers were also taken from their homes by police, and their homes were searched. On June 29, he and five other church co-workers—Wang Xiangchao, Shao Huaxuan, Chen Jian, Liu Xueyun and Gu Hui—were criminally detained by Kangping police on suspicion of “using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement.” During detention and interrogation, several of them were subjected to extortion of confessions by torture. Among other abuses, to force him to admit fabricated facts, police made him squat on his toes whenever he disagreed, kicking him if he moved even slightly. He was also hooded several times and beaten by seven or eight people, leaving him seriously injured in multiple parts of his body, with his lips turned inside out and his mouth full of bruises and pooled blood. To achieve their interrogation objective, police also withheld water and food from him for more than 10 hours to force him to write false confessions and statements of remorse. The two other church sisters arrested at the same time were also subjected to torture, including slapping their faces, twisting their arms, pulling their hair, kicking their legs and striking their ribs with elbows. Police even threatened them with their children and elderly family members to force them to write false confessions and statements of remorse. From July 29 to 31 of the same year, all five others, including Wang Xiangchao, were successively released on bail, except for Qu Hongbo. From September 26 to 29, however, four of them—Wang Xiangchao, Shao Huaxuan, Liu Xueyun and Gu Hui—were again imprisoned and arrested, and the following day his wife, Hua Zhao, was also taken away by police. As of now, all six have been formally arrested on the same charge. It is reported that although a team of lawyers has formally become involved in the case and communicated with the investigating authorities, hoping that they will strictly distinguish between lawful religious activities and cult activities when handling such cases and avoid “expanding the scope of the crackdown,” there has been no detailed information about subsequent progress or their physical health. He is currently held at Kangping County Detention Center in Shenyang (Beisanjiazi Subdistrict, Kangping County, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province; postcode 110500).
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_57.html
17/Jia Pin: Southern Street Movement practitioner and human-rights defender Jia Pin spends his 37th birthday in enforced disappearance
(Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch Information Center report) On April 4, 2026, this outlet learned that April 3, 2026, was the 37th birthday of Jia Pin, a practitioner of the Southern Street Movement and human-rights defender. He spent his birthday in enforced disappearance. He has been forcibly disappeared and without any news since September 24, 2022.
Biography of Jia Pin: Born on April 3, 1989, he is from Henan Province, a rights activist, Southern Street Movement participant, democratic activist and political prisoner detained in China. He became a rights activist at an early age because of his pursuit of democracy and freedom, then went to Guangdong Province for work and his ideals, gradually becoming a steadfast Southern Street activist. Because he devoted himself for a long time to speaking out for democracy and human rights in China, he was frequently arrested, repatriated and detained by the authorities. In 2013, he was detained by police after participating in a rights-defense placard protest in Dongguan, Guangdong, and lost his job. He subsequently devoted himself to “professional” rights defense and used his savings from years of work to conduct rights-defense activities that he felt duty-bound to undertake. On April 29, 2014, after going to Suzhou, Jiangsu, to attend a memorial event on the anniversary of Lin Zhao’s death, he was arbitrarily detained by Suzhou police along with rights activists Zhu Chengzhi, Li Xiaoling and Ou Biaofeng, and was later criminally detained by Guangdong police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for his speech. After his release, because he lived in Guangzhou, Dongguan and other cities and spoke out in defense of rights, he was repeatedly driven away and repatriated by local police. On August 13, 2017, as the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress approached, Dongguan police forcibly repatriated him to his hometown in Henan in the name of maintaining stability. On September 24, 2022, on the eve of the 20th Party Congress, he was visiting friends and handling affairs in Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, when Henan police arrived across provincial lines and forcibly took him away. The charge was unclear, and he disappeared from then on. More than three years have now passed, but he remains in a state of enforced disappearance. His current place of detention is unknown.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/37.html
IV.List and biographies of one person newly criminally detained during this period:
Jing Shuren
1、Jing Shuren: Male, Han Chinese, from Yuntian Town, Longxi County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province; public-welfare activist and self-media writer. In 2018, he organized the “New Year, New Clothes · Enlightenment Book House” charitable donation campaign in Shangdadao Village, Yuntian Town, Longxi County, his hometown, donating winter cotton-padded clothing to more than 200 elderly villagers and more than 400 books to the village women’s federation. At the end of 2019, he went alone to rescue people from his hometown who had been deceived into joining a pyramid scheme and successfully rescued them. In 2020, Jing Shuren repeatedly reported problems concerning the Lianhuo Expressway to the provincial transport department, and they were ultimately properly resolved. His busy presence was also often seen at sites involving helping migrant workers recover wages, promoting agricultural products, negotiating accident compensation and making charitable donations. On March 16, 2024, Jing Shuren was criminally detained by Lanzhou police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” for reposting Weibo posts concerning migrant workers seeking unpaid wages, and has been held for more than two years, at one point attracting widespread public attention. Merely for reposting Weibo posts related to migrant workers seeking wages—and without ever seeking even half a cent in personal benefit—this migrant worker has been held for more than two years, still on the same charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. One year after the case was prosecuted in court, at the end of March 2026, his defense lawyer Zhu Xiaoding finally received notice from the court that a pretrial conference in Jing Shuren’s case would be held from April 8 to 10, 2026. His defense lawyer Zhu Xiaoding wrote: “As a lawyer, as an internet user and as his friend, I am profoundly grieved: such a good person, who had never received even one negative review from anyone throughout his entire life, has suffered this calamity.” Jing Shuren is currently held at Lanzhou No. 1 Detention Center.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_65.html
V. List and biographies of the 29 people newly sentenced during this period
20 years: Qasim Sidiq,
18 years: Arslan Abdulla,
17 years: Ghalip Barat Erk,
8 years: Gang• Ciren Zhuoma,
7 years and 6 months: Leng Zhenhui, Zhou Chuanying,
7 years: Yang Xiaoming, Dajie,
6 years: Cheng Fangwei,
5 years: Liu Haiyan,
4 years and 8 months: An Jingtao,
4 years and 6 months: Li Chunhua,
3 years and 10 months: Chen Jihuan,
3 years and 6 months: Liu Ruping, Chen Jinxiu,
3 years and 2 months: Cheng Yurong,
3 years: Zhang Chenglan,
2 years and 6 months: Wu Shulan,
2 years: Zhang Zhenyi,
1 year and 10 months: Zhang Yuemei,
1 year and 6 months: Guo Zhimin, Yang Zhihua, Song Fuyuan,
1 year and 3 months: Han Wei,
1 year and 2 months: Zhu Guangjun,
1 year: Wu Yongqiong, Bai Yanbin,
8 months: Xin Kui,
Sentence unknown: Zhang Aimin,
Qasim Sidiq: Born in the late 1950s, he is from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. His Uyghur name is Qasim Sidiq. He is a resident of the Humudan Maili residential community on Yili River Road, Yining City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture; a Uyghur poet, literature teacher and amateur physicist, and political prisoner detained in China. He grew up in Yining City, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. After graduating from university, he initially worked at the Yining Education Bureau and later served as a literature teacher at a middle school in Dadamutu Township of Yining, during which time he created and published many literary works and poems. Several years later, he founded an arts and literature association and served as its head. Because he was talented in literature and passionate about writing, his works and academic papers made a contribution to the development of local culture. His poems often explored wisdom, ignorance and the struggle of human nature. For example, one poem says: “The foolish take a drop of water for an ocean, while the wise see the ocean in a drop of water.” Another lyric poem, “I Fell in Love with Such a Killer,” displayed his bold and metaphorical style. He also wrote papers such as “Psychology of Aesthetics,” demonstrating his extensive knowledge as a poet and educator. Some of his poems and articles should be available online. He was also learned and talented, with diverse interests. In addition to his literary accomplishments, he conducted substantial research in physics and published several physics papers, becoming a well-known amateur physicist locally. Yet such a learned intellectual suffered ideological persecution by the Chinese Communist Party authorities because of his literary writing. In 1998 alone, he was detained after being accused of an “ideological crime” because of his literary creation. In 2017, as the Chinese Communist Party authorities intensified their strict administration of Xinjiang, many Uyghur and other ethnic-minority intellectuals were taken away by the authorities on various pretexts and sent to “reeducation centers” for reform. He was also repeatedly taken away and questioned by police. In March 2017, he was formally arrested by police in Yining. The charge concerned song lyrics and works he had written in 2006, including a poem titled “A Letter to Hotan,” which were said to contain not only “nationalist sympathy” but also political information. His books were therefore accused of having “problems,” and he was charged with serious offenses including “inciting ethnic hatred.” In 2018, he was ultimately sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Yining Court of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture for “inciting ethnic hatred” and other charges, with his sentence ending in March 2037. It is reported that he suffered torture and abuse during detention and imprisonment, and his health remains a serious concern. The prison where he is currently serving his sentence is unclear.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/20_29.html
Arslan Abdulla: Born in 1946, formerly named Mohammed Wushour, he is from Artux, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. His Uyghur name is Arslan Abdulla. He initially served as an editor at Hetian Daily, Kashgar and Tarim, and later served for many years as dean of the School of Humanities at Xinjiang University, master’s supervisor and academic leader of the national key discipline of minority-language and literature studies. He is a renowned Uyghur scholar and political prisoner detained in China. He studied at the Central Institute for Nationalities in his early years. After graduating in 1968, he returned to Xinjiang and successively worked as an editor at Hetian Daily, Kashgar (magazine) and Tarim (literary monthly). Beginning in 1970, he published numerous literary works, including the long poem “The Story of the Stars” and the poetry collection “Eternal Inspiration.” “The Story of the Stars” won the First National Minority Literature Award. In 1979, he obtained a degree in Uzbek language and literature from the Chinese-language department of Xinjiang University. In 1990, he went to the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London as a visiting scholar and teaching assistant, mainly teaching basic Uyghur and sociolinguistics and researching modern Uyghur and sociolinguistics. After returning to Xinjiang, he became dean, professor and master’s supervisor at the School of Humanities of Xinjiang University. He also served as director of the Institute of Altaic Studies at Xinjiang University, director of the university’s postdoctoral research station for Chinese language and literature, and academic leader of the national key discipline of minority-language and literature studies, including heading one national and one autonomous-region scientific research project. During this period, he received the Baosteel Education Foundation “Outstanding Teacher” award and the second prize for outstanding teaching achievements from Xinjiang University. He also successively held positions or titles in the Chinese Rhetoric Society, the East Tianshan Ancient Yizhou Cultural Research Institute, the Chinese Uyghur Historical and Cultural Research Association, the Chinese Altaic Studies Association, the Chinese “Educational Art” magazine, the Uyghur Ancient Literature and Muqam Research Association, the Autonomous Region Karez Research Association and the Autonomous Region Folk Culture Research Association. In addition, regarding government policy, he publicly expressed opposition to the “three forces” and religious extremist ideology, a position affirmed by the Chinese Communist Party authorities. His career had been flourishing and he had achieved much in his research field, but from 2016 onward, especially in 2017–2018, as the Chinese Communist Party authorities intensified their strict administration of Xinjiang, many Uyghur and other ethnic-minority intellectuals were taken away on various pretexts and sent to “reeducation centers” for reform. In January 2018, he and five other Uyghur professors at Xinjiang University, including then-president Tashpolat Teyip (see CPPC No. 01513), were all taken away and held at the Hami Hui City Detention Center, a modern detention facility combining detention, custody, education and reform. In the second half of the same year, all five were prosecuted and tried by judicial authorities in Urumqi, Xinjiang, on charges including being “two-faced,” accepting bribes or involvement with terrorists. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison, with his sentence ending in January 2036. It is reported that his health was poor during detention and imprisonment and that he suffers from heart problems and high blood pressure. He is currently serving his sentence at a prison in Urumqi, Xinjiang.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/18.html
Ghalip Barat Erk: Born in August 1968, he is from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. His Uyghur name is Ghalip Barat Erk. He is a resident of Wutamu Township, Ruoqiang County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture; an employee of China Telecom’s Ruoqiang branch; co-founder of Loulan Culture magazine; Uyghur historian, writer and researcher; and political prisoner detained in China. He grew up in a farming family in Wutamu Township, Ruoqiang County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. As a young person, he studied at Wutamu Township Middle School in Ruoqiang County. After graduating in 1984, he chose to study carrier communication technology at a local telecommunications school and graduated in 1989. During this period, because he was very interested in Uyghur history, culture and place names in Xinjiang, he began in 1985 to research Uyghur history in his spare time, extensively collecting materials and writing and publishing many related works. In 1989, he published his first work, “The Role Played by the Uyghurs in the Mongol Empire,” in the first issue of that year of the magazine Bosten. He continued writing articles, publishing more than 150 papers and several books, and actively participated in compiling the local county gazetteer. In August 1989, he formally joined the China Telecom Ruoqiang County branch, becoming a civil servant with a stable income. Beginning in 2001, he studied computer information management at Xinjiang University and graduated in 2004. While researching cultural history and studying, he also became one of the co-founders of Loulan Culture magazine. His career had originally been developing smoothly. However, since 2016, as the Chinese Communist Party authorities began intensifying their strict administration of Xinjiang—particularly through repeated reports by official media such as Xinjiang People’s Radio on “eliminating extremism and education and reform,” and the resulting wave of “education and reform”—many members of different ethnic-minority elites in Xinjiang, especially Uyghurs, were taken away by the authorities on various pretexts and sent to “reeducation centers” for reform. In 2018, he was also taken away and criminally detained. He was soon arrested and prosecuted on the charge of “recording and researching the development, history and culture of the Uyghurs.” He was ultimately sentenced to 17 years in prison by the Ruoqiang County Court of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, on charges resembling “endangering national security and ethnic separatism,” with his sentence ending in 2035. He is currently believed to be serving his sentence at Bayingolin Prison (Wusili City, Yanqi Hui Autonomous County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; postcode 841105).
Source of information:https://cppc1989.blogspot.com/2026/04/cppc01513.html
Gang Tsering Dolma: Female, born in 1997, from Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province (Ganzi Prefecture for short), and a resident of Gangzha Village, Daze Township, Seda County, Ganzi Prefecture. She is a Tibetan female social activist, human rights defender and political prisoner in China. From childhood, she lived with her parents and family in a traditional Tibetan household, and after marriage she and her husband had two sons. Because of her deep love for her ethnic culture, she paid close attention to and worked to promote the inheritance of Tibetan culture and education in Tibetan areas. In 2008, to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the armed uprising that took place in Tibetan areas on March 10, 1959, many Tibetans throughout the mainland Tibetan areas—including the Tibet Autonomous Region, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province and Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province—joined collective protests. Some Tibetan social activists, writers and scholars also participated. During this period, she and her father Suo Luoye took part in a peaceful protest in Seda County, Ganzi Prefecture, and the authorities arrested both of them on June 1, 2008. It was later learned that after her arrest she was beaten by prison guards for a prolonged period, resulting in a broken pelvis. Even after her release, the torture she had suffered left her with long-term memory loss, mental confusion and localized physical pain. Since then, her words and actions have been strictly monitored by the Chinese Communist authorities in Ganzi Prefecture. Whenever a government-designated sensitive anniversary approached, she was required to register and report her circumstances at the local police station and was strictly prohibited from leaving her place of origin. In 2012, she and her father were arrested again for participating in protests against the Chinese Communist authorities’ high-pressure control policies targeting Tibetans. During interrogation and detention, she was severely beaten and tortured, causing a serious deterioration in her health. On April 2, 2021, she was again criminally detained by police in Seda County, Aba Prefecture, on suspicion of “separatism and endangering national security,” and was included in the same case as five other Tibetan writers and activists who were arrested afterward. They were subsequently formally arrested on the same charges. In September 2022, the case against the six was heard by the Intermediate People’s Court of Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province. They were ultimately given prison sentences ranging from four to 14 years for “separatism and endangering national security.” She was given a harsh sentence of eight years’ imprisonment, with her sentence running until April 4, 2029. On April 21, 2026, it was learned that she had been continuously subjected to torture in prison, resulting in a continuing deterioration in her health and causing concern outside the prison. She is currently serving her sentence at Sichuan Women’s Prison (No. 261 Chuanxiang Road, Yangma Subdistrict, Eastern New Area of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, postal code: 641402).Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/8_83.html
Leng Zhenhui: A Falun Gong practitioner from Qianguo County, Songyuan City, Jilin Province; male; lives in Dongchangtuozi Village, Taohaotai Township, Qianguo County, Songyuan City; began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. Since the Chinese Communist Party began persecuting Falun Gong in July 1999, he has maintained his faith in Falun Gong. He has been arrested four times, subjected to two periods of “reeducation through labor” and taken to brainwashing classes twice. Because he mentioned Falun Gong-related content in WeChat conversations, the Chinese Communist authorities classified it as a “sensitive topic.” His WeChat account was blocked, and his phone was also subjected to location tracking and monitoring. He was subsequently arrested by the criminal police unit of the Qianguo County Public Security Bureau on October 10, 2025, and detained at the Guaibodian Detention Center in Qianguo County. He was then framed through collusion among local public security, procuratorial and judicial authorities, and was criminally detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. On February 5, 2026, the Qianguo County Court opened his trial. In April 2026, it was learned that Leng Zhenhui had been sentenced to seven years and six months and was currently appealing. His sentence runs until April 9, 2033.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/76_28.html
Zhou Chuanying: A Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin, Heilongjiang; female; born in 1961; 65 years old in 2026. Zhou Chuanying and her husband, Yang Zhenyi, were both retired employees of the Weihe Forestry Bureau in Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang Province. They began practicing Falun Gong in their early years. In July 1999, the Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong. Because Yang Zhenyi and Zhou Chuanying persisted in their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, the couple were repeatedly arrested and detained by Chinese Communist personnel and forced to become displaced. Zhou Chuanying was arrested by police on August 21, 2025, and has been detained at Harbin Yaziquan Detention Center ever since. In April 2026, it was learned that Zhou Chuanying was tried by the Daoli District Court on March 18, 2026, and sentenced to seven years and six months. Her sentence runs until February 20, 2033.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/76.html
Yang Xiaoming: A Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan; female; born in 1969; 57 years old in 2026. She had impaired vision in both eyes from childhood. In 1995, Yang Xiaoming began practicing Falun Gong. In 1999, the Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong. Because Yang Xiaoming maintained her faith, she was repeatedly persecuted, forced to undergo an abortion, divorced, dismissed from public employment and subjected to “reeducation through labor” twice. She suffered various forms of torture in the labor camps, her eyes were severely injured, and she became completely blind at the end of 2012. On the afternoon of May 28, 2022, Yang Xiaoming was arrested and criminally detained. Because she failed the medical examination, the detention center refused to accept her, and police released her on bail pending trial and sent her home. She was nevertheless prosecuted. On February 1, 2023, she was tried at the Xishan District Court. On March 14, 2023, Yang Xiaoming received at home the judgment delivered by the Xishan District Court, sentencing her to seven years in prison and a fine of 20,000 yuan. Yang Xiaoming subsequently remained at home because of her physical condition and was not imprisoned. Around late March 2026, Yang Xiaoming suddenly disappeared from her home, leaving an open wooden door, a chair overturned on the floor and a table covered with disordered belongings... Friends believe that Yang Xiaoming may have been forcibly taken to prison by police and persecuted. Her sentence runs until March 2033.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/7_8.html
Da Jie: From Seda County, Tibet; Tibetan; born in 1962; 64 years old in 2026; a monk at Sera Monastery in Seda County, Tibet. Before his arrest, he had lived in Lhasa for a long time, engaging in religious activities and providing religious services to believers. Da Jie was arrested by the Chinese Communist authorities in Lhasa on August 5, 2021, for making offerings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and was secretly sentenced to seven years in prison. His sentence runs until August 4, 2028. However, his family’s right to know and right to visit him have been denied, and the specific place of his detention and his health remain unclear.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/7.html
Cheng Fangwei: A Chinese international student at the University of Sydney. After returning to China at the end of 2024, he lost contact with others. His family in Australia later confirmed that because Cheng Fangwei had participated in protests in Sydney supporting democracy and expressing solidarity with China’s ethnic minorities, he was arrested by the Chinese Communist authorities after returning to China and sentenced to six years in prison for separatism. His family has not even received the judgment.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/6.html
Liu Haiyan: A Falun Gong practitioner from Longkou, Yantai City, Shandong Province; female; approximately 60 years old in 2026; formerly an employee of the technical school of the Longkou Mining Bureau. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1997. During the Chinese Communist Party’s frenzied persecution of Falun Gong, Liu Haiyan was repeatedly abducted and persecuted in detention centers, brainwashing classes and labor camps, and was once persecuted to the point of mental illness. Liu Haiyan was arrested by police from the Economic Development Zone Police Station in Longkou City on July 17, 2025, and immediately criminally detained. She was formally arrested on August 8 and detained at the Yantai City Detention Center. It was later learned that Liu Haiyan was sentenced to five years by the Longkou City Court at the end of October 2025 and was transferred to Shandong Women’s Prison to serve her sentence around the end of 2025. Her sentence runs until July 16, 2030.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/5.html
An Jingtao: A Falun Gong practitioner from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province; female; approximately 60 years old in 2026; lives in Longsha District, Qiqihar City. She began practicing Falun Gong in her early years. As early as February 2001, she was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison, and was released in June 2005. In March 2006, she was arrested again and sentenced to nine years, suffering various inhuman forms of abuse at Heilongjiang Women’s Prison. An Jingtao was arrested by police from the Beijuzhai Police Station on May 10, 2025, and detained in a detention center. In June, she was extorted for 10,000 yuan and released home on “bail pending trial.” On December 15, 2025, she was arrested again and detained in a detention center. Her trial was held on March 10, 2026, and it was later learned that she had been sentenced to four years and eight months. Her sentence runs until July 2030.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/48.html
Li Chunhua: A Falun Gong practitioner from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang; female; born in 1964; 62 years old in 2026. She worked for the Culture Bureau of Jianhua District, Qiqihar City, engaging in fine arts, photography and literary creation. She was an outstanding fine-arts teacher at the national, provincial and municipal levels, and her photographic works won awards at those levels; her literary works were also published in the monthly journal Prose. After the Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Li Chunhua was brutally persecuted for continuing to practice and for continuing to explain the truth about Falun Gong. She was forced to divorce and subjected to “reeducation through labor.” In detention centers and labor camps, she was handcuffed and shackled, placed in solitary confinement, suspended by handcuffs, forced to squat, deprived of sleep, beaten and verbally abused; she was forced to produce pesticides without any protective measures; and after completing her labor-camp term, she was held and persecuted for an additional 10 months. After returning home from the labor camp, police from the Wenhua Road Police Station in Qiqihar came to her home to persecute her. She suffered serious injuries after falling from a building while fleeing. To avoid persecution, she was forced to become displaced and was beaten unconscious by officers from the State Security Brigade of Anshan City, Liaoning Province, who abandoned her in the wilderness. On August 21, 2025, Li Chunhua was again arrested by police from the Wulong Police Station. She was tortured while handcuffed to an iron chair for more than 30 hours, seriously injuring her lower back and leaving her with numb hands and feet and unable to care for herself. She was later released home on “bail pending trial.” Li Chunhua filed a criminal complaint with the Qiqihar Municipal Procuratorate against the police involved. However, only two months later, on October 25, she was again arrested and detained by officers from the State Security Brigade of the Longsha Branch of the Qiqihar Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Wulong Police Station, and was framed. On December 8, the court hurriedly opened her trial without notifying her family, then sentenced her to four years and six months and sent her to a women’s prison. Her sentence runs until February 20, 2029.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/4662.html
Chen Jihuan: A Falun Gong practitioner from Yilan County, Harbin City; female; born in 1954; listed as 72 years old in 2016. She lives in Yongqing Village, Daotaiqiao Town, Yilan County. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. After the Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Chen Jihuan was repeatedly detained and persecuted for maintaining her belief in Falun Gong. In addition to being repeatedly detained in detention centers, she was sentenced to three years of “reeducation through labor” in 2002 and to four years in prison in 2010, and suffered various forms of torture at the Wanjia Labor Camp and Heilongjiang Women’s Prison. On August 18, 2025, Chen Jihuan was again arrested and her home was raided by police from the Dongcheng Police Station. She was criminally detained and held at the Harbin City Detention Center. Chen Jihuan was subsequently framed through collusion among the public security, procuratorial and judicial authorities of Yilan County. In April 2026, it was learned that on March 11, 2026, Chen Jihuan was sentenced to three years and 10 months and fined 50,000 yuan by the Yilan County Court of Heilongjiang Province. Her sentence runs until June 17, 2029.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/31072.html
Liu Ruping: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Changqing District, Jinan City, Shandong Province; born in 1961; 65 years old in 2026. Liu Ruping and his wife Zhang Chenglan were arrested on the morning of September 29, 2025. Liu Ruping was detained at the Changqing District Detention Center (Jinan No. 3 Detention Center), while Zhang Chenglan was detained at the Jinan City Detention Center. On March 13, 2026, they were tried by the Changqing District Court of Jinan City, but no verdict was issued that day. On April 15, 2026, the judgments were delivered: Liu Ruping was sentenced to three and a half years, and Zhang Chenglan to three years. His sentence runs until March 28, 2029.Source of information:
https://www.blogger.com/blog/posts/751033951089627103
Chen Jinxiu: A Falun Gong practitioner from Jiayu County, Xianning City, Hubei; female; born in 1959; 67 years old in 2026; lives in Xin街 Township, Jiayu County, Xianning City, Hubei Province. For more than 20 years, because she maintained her belief in Falun Dafa, she was repeatedly abducted, detained, subjected to “reeducation through labor” and persecuted through wrongful imprisonment by the Chinese Communist authorities. Over the years, she was subjected to “reeducation through labor” for one year and six months, abducted and detained nine times, sentenced to three years in prison, taken to brainwashing classes three times and subjected to repeated home raids. During detention, she suffered beatings, brutal forced-feeding, injections of unidentified drugs, forced consumption of unidentified liquids, intensive slave labor, prolonged sleep deprivation, punitive standing, reverse handcuffing and humiliation, among other forms of torture. On the morning of April 2, 2025, police from the Jiayu County Public Security Bureau and the Xin街 Township Police Station, neighborhood committee personnel and a group traveling in a Xianning special-police vehicle broke into Chen Jinxiu’s home in Xin街 Township, Jiayu County, and arrested her again, detaining her at the Jiayu County Detention Center. She was subsequently taken to the Xianning Zhenjitang Rheumatology Specialty Hospital, where she was detained for several months. She was later transferred to the Wuhan Wuzhong Psychiatric Hospital in Wenquan District, Xianning, and the Xianning Zhenjitang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Drug-Rehabilitation Medical Consortium—the so-called “drug-rehabilitation treatment center.” Chen Jinxiu then disappeared completely. Approximately six months later, at the end of 2025, two Wuhan prison guards went to the home of Chen Jinxiu’s younger sister, claiming to be there to “learn about the situation.” When the family asked where Chen Jinxiu was being detained, both guards refused to disclose it and only said that she had been sentenced to three years and six months. Her sentence runs until October 1, 2028.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/36.html
Cheng Yurong: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Dalian; lives in Ganjingzi District; born in 1949; 77 years old in 2026. She was previously sentenced to four years in 2018. On September 2, 2025, Cheng Yurong was reported while distributing Falun Gong materials to private cars at Liu家桥 Market. She was subsequently arrested and her home was raided by police from the Shahekou Branch of the Dalian Municipal Public Security Bureau. She was then detained at the Dalian Yaojia Detention Center and criminally detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. On the afternoon of February 4, 2026, the Ganjingzi District Court conducted Cheng Yurong’s trial by video. On March 31, 2026, her family obtained the judgment: Cheng Yurong was sentenced to three years and two months and fined 20,000 yuan. Her sentence runs until November 1, 2027.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/3277.html
Zhang Chenglan: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Changqing District, Jinan City, Shandong Province; born in 1964; 62 years old in 2026. Zhang Chenglan and her husband Liu Ruping were arrested on the morning of September 29, 2025. Liu Ruping was detained at the Changqing District Detention Center (Jinan No. 3 Detention Center), while Zhang Chenglan was detained at the Jinan City Detention Center. On March 13, 2026, they were tried by the Changqing District Court of Jinan City, but no verdict was issued that day. On April 15, 2026, the judgments were delivered: Liu Ruping was sentenced to three and a half years, and Zhang Chenglan to three years. Her sentence runs until September 28, 2028.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/3_29.html
Wu Shulan: A Falun Gong practitioner from Dorbod Mongol Autonomous County, Daqing City, Heilongjiang; female; born in 1958; 68 years old in 2026. Wu Shulan was arrested by local police on July 30, 2025, and was subsequently detained and framed. In mid-December of the same year, the Ranghulu District Court of Daqing City sentenced her to two years and six months without legally safeguarding her rights. At the end of March 2026, she was transferred to Harbin Women’s Prison to serve her sentence. Her sentence runs until January 29, 2028.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/2668.html
Zhang Zhenyi: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan; born in 1947; 79 years old in 2026. Formerly a mathematics teacher at Pu’er Middle School. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. Zhang Zhenyi and her husband, Falun Gong practitioner Su Zesheng, formerly an attending physician at the Ning’er Hani and Yi Autonomous County Hospital, were arrested on November 15, 2023. Because of her physical condition, she remained on bail pending trial. Her husband, Su Zesheng, remained detained and was sentenced to four years and fined 40,000 yuan on December 21, 2024. On August 28, 2025, the Xishan District Court of Kunming sentenced her to two years and fined her 20,000 yuan. Because of her physical condition, she was not imprisoned. On March 30, 2026, Zhang Zhenyi was taken to a hospital for a medical examination by the police handling her case and then forcibly sent to the Kunming City Detention Center. The detention center sent her to Kunming Xinhua Hospital for inpatient treatment that same day. On April 2, she was transferred to Yunnan No. 2 Women’s Prison. Her sentence runs until March 29, 2028.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/279.html
Zhang Yuemei: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Pingdu City, Shandong; born in 1955; from Qiege Village, Zhugou Township, Pingdu City, administered by Qingdao. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1997. Since the Chinese Communist Party launched large-scale persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, Zhang Yuemei has been repeatedly abducted and detained for continuing to practice, and was once subjected to illegal “reeducation through labor” at the Wangcun Labor Camp in Zibo. Zhang Yuemei was arrested by police from the Zhugou Police Station of the Pingdu City Public Security Bureau on June 3, 2025, and was subsequently detained at the Pudong Detention Center in Jimo, Qingdao. On April 2, 2026, Zhang Yuemei was sentenced to one year and 10 months by the Pingdu City Court and fined 8,000 yuan. Her sentence runs until April 2, 2027.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/11071.html
Guo Zhimin: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Qingdao, Shandong Province; born in 1961; 65 years old in 2025; lives in Chengyang District, Qingdao. Guo Zhimin began practicing Falun Gong in 2010. On October 24, 2025, at a bus stop near the Chengyang Social Welfare Institute, Guo Zhimin was arrested by police from the Chengyang Police Station of Chengyang District for preaching Falun Gong to young people. She was subsequently criminally detained and held at the Pudong Detention Center in Jimo. She was later formally arrested and prosecuted. On March 19, 2026, she was tried by the Chengyang District Court. It was later learned that Guo Zhimin had been sentenced to one year and six months. Her sentence runs until April 23, 2027.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/16_28.html
Yang Zhihua: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Ningjin County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province; born in 1969; 57 years old in 2026. From Xicaogu Village, Sizhilanzhen Township, Ningjin County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province. For more than 30 years, he operated a flour mill in his village. On September 8, 2025, Yang Zhihua was arrested by police from the Sizhilanzhen Township Police Station and subsequently detained at Shijiazhuang No. 2 Detention Center. He was criminally detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. On January 28, 2026, the Jinzhou City Court opened his trial. In April 2026, it was learned that Yang Zhihua had been sentenced to one year and six months and transferred from the detention center to Shijiazhuang Prison on April 16. His sentence runs until March 7, 2027.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/16_17.html
Song Fuyuan: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Changtu County, Liaoning; lives in Taihe Village, Jinjia Town, Changtu County. On November 21, 2025, police from the Jinjia Town Police Station suddenly broke into his home, arrested him and raided the house. He was detained at the Changtu County Detention Center and subsequently criminally detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. At 9 a.m. on March 4, 2026, the Changtu County Court opened Song Fuyuan’s trial. On March 31, 2026, Song Fuyuan was sentenced to one year and six months. His sentence runs until May 20, 2027.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/16.html
Han Wei: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin City, Heilongjiang. Han Wei was arrested across provincial borders by police from the Tongzhou District Public Security Bureau in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, on March 28, 2024, and was placed on so-called “bail pending trial” one month later. On the morning of August 1, 2025, Han Wei received a notice from the Dongfeng Police Station of the Jidong County Public Security Bureau instructing him to go to the police station. After he arrived, case-handling police from the Tongzhou District Public Security Bureau in Nantong told him that the Chongchuan District Court of Nantong had issued an “arrest warrant” on July 25, 2025, and ordered them to execute the arrest. Han Wei was immediately arrested and detained at Nantong Detention Center. On March 26, 2026, the Chongchuan District Court of Nantong, Jiangsu Province, sentenced him to one year and three months. His sentence runs until September 30, 2026.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/13.html
Zhu Guangjun: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Shunyi District, Beijing; lives in Guojiawu Town, Shunyi District. He began practicing Falun Gong in his early years. Since the Chinese Communist Party began persecuting Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, Zhu Guangjun has been subjected to one year of “reeducation through labor” and sentenced to five years in prison. On September 14, 2025, officers from the State Security Brigade of the Shunyi Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Dasungezhuang Police Station raided Zhu Guangjun’s home and arrested him, claiming that Falun Gong truth materials had been found hanging in Dasungezhuang Township, Shunyi District, Beijing, and that his motorcycle had been identified through highway surveillance. He was immediately detained at the Shunyi Detention Center and subsequently criminally detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. In mid-April 2026, Zhu Guangjun was sentenced to one year and two months by the Shunyi District Court and fined 3,000 yuan. His sentence runs until November 13, 2026.
Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/12.html
Wu Yongqiong: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Panzhihua City, Sichuan; born in November 1966; an employee of the Energy and Power Center of Panzhihua Iron and Steel (formerly the Panzhihua Iron and Steel Power Plant); lives in Dong District, Panzhihua City. She began practicing Falun Gong in her early years. During the Chinese Communist Party’s more than 20-year persecution of Falun Gong, Wu Yongqiong had her home raided three times by local police and was criminally detained twice; she was subjected to torture including suspension by handcuffs, beatings, sitting on an iron bench and sleep deprivation. On February 1, 2024, Wu Yongqiong was arrested in her home and her house was raided by police from the Dong District Public Security Sub-bureau, after which she was released on “bail pending trial.” Police from the Dadukou Police Station subsequently joined with the procuratorate and court to frame her. On February 26, 2026, the Dong District Court of Panzhihua opened Wu Yongqiong’s trial. It was later learned that she had been sentenced to one year and fined 3,000 yuan. On March 27, she was imprisoned again and detained at the Mianshawan Detention Center in Panzhihua City. Her sentence runs until March 27, 2027.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/1_9.html
Bai Yanbin: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia; from Xiawafang Village, Wangyefu Town, Kalaqin Banner, Chifeng City. He began practicing Falun Gong in 1998. After the Jiang Zemin faction of the Chinese Communist Party launched its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, Bai Yanbin was repeatedly harassed, subjected to home raids, abducted and detained by Chinese Communist personnel and forced to become displaced; he was once unable to reunite with his family for seven years. He was arrested in 2023 and sentenced to one year and six months, and was not released until December 2024. Less than a year after his release, around September 2025, Bai Yanbin was again arrested and framed by local police and sentenced to one year. He is currently detained at Chifeng Prison in Inner Mongolia. His sentence runs until January 2026.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/1.html
Xin Kui: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Cao Township, Qingyuan County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province; born in 1975; 51 years old in 2026; lives in Paoziyan Village, Cao Township, Qingyuan County. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. On the morning of November 22, 2025, she was arrested by police from the Shancheng Police Station while distributing 2026 New Year Falun Gong calendars to the public in Baomin Village. Xin Kui was subsequently detained at the Meihekou City Detention Center, criminally detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. In mid-March 2026, the Meihekou City Court sentenced her to eight months in prison. Her sentence runs until July 21, 2026.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/8.html
Zhang Aimin: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Jilin; born in 1962; 64 years old in 2026; a disabled female worker with the Jilin West Train Operation Section of the Jilin Branch of the Shenyang Railway Bureau of the former Ministry of Railways; a first-degree disabled person with high-level paraplegia and no legs. She formerly lived in Building No. 11, Tiezhai Tiedong Central District, Sichuan Road, Yan’an Street, Jilin City. During the Chinese Communist Party’s continuing 27-year persecution, Zhang Aimin went to Beijing twice to petition and was arrested, detained and extorted for money. On April 14, 2025, police from the Changyi Branch of the Jilin City Public Security Bureau and the Minzhu Police Station forcibly drilled open the door of her home near Sanjiaoxian in Changyi District, Jilin City, and arrested her. She was later released. In April 2026, it was learned that Zhang Aimin was being detained and persecuted in the 10th ward of Jilin Women’s Prison, but the length of her sentence was unknown.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_25.html
VI. Names and biographies of the two people in the previous issue’s list who were persecuted to death in prison during this reporting period
Zhang Rongxiu, You Haijun
1. Zhang Rongxiu: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Beichen District, Tianjin; lives in Xiditou Village, Beichen District, Tianjin; in her 60s in 2025. She began practicing Falun Gong in February 1999. On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party began its frenzied persecution of Falun Gong. She was sentenced three times by Chinese Communist courts, and was detained and persecuted for a cumulative total of 15 years. She was arrested and framed on the evening of August 10, 2021. On December 9, her trial was conducted online by the Nankai District Court in Tianjin, and she was sentenced to five years. On August 24, 2022, she was detained and persecuted at Tianjin Women’s Prison. Around the first half of the previous year, Zhang Rongxiu developed serious symptoms as a result of persecution. The prison hospital diagnosed her with advanced uterine cancer. Her family requested “medical parole,” but prison authorities repeatedly delayed, saying that the prison was providing treatment. When prison authorities asked her daughter to take her mother Zhang Rongxiu home on April 7, she was already on the verge of death. Four days later, on April 11, 2026, she died with her grievance unresolved, aged in her 60s.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/54.html
2. You Haijun: A Falun Gong practitioner from Zhongning County, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. He was a tower-crane driver and had previously been a construction-vehicle driver. He was sentenced to three years and six months in 2013 for practicing Falun Gong. On May 16, 2021, You Haijun was again arrested, detained and framed by officers from the State Security Brigade of Zhongning County. In April 2023, he was sentenced to five years and fined 10,000 yuan by the Shapotou District Court of Zhongwei City; after he appealed, the Intermediate People’s Court of Zhongwei arbitrarily rejected the appeal. On September 2, 2023, You Haijun was transferred to Shizuishan Prison in Ningxia, where he remained detained. During his imprisonment, his family once went to the prison to visit him but was arbitrarily refused. Near the end of his sentence, he suddenly died in prison. Mr. You Haijun suddenly died at Shizuishan Prison in Ningxia on April 13, 2026. After learning the news, his family went to the prison. Prison authorities claimed that You Haijun had coronary heart disease and two other illnesses and had died from illness. Prison personnel forced the family to sign documents and cremated the body on April 19, while pressuring them, saying they could take away only the ashes. Fearful of the authorities’ power, his family signed and agreed to the cremation. Arranged by prison personnel, You Haijun’s body was hastily cremated early on April 19 at the Dawukou Crematorium in Shizuishan City, Ningxia, and was subsequently buried in Yinchuan City.Source of information:
https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/04/555.html
VII. Statistical table of prison terms for the 1,682 political and conscience prisoners currently detained in mainland China during this reporting period:
The list of political and conscience prisoners who have been sentenced and remain detained during this reporting period is compiled in order of sentence length—from death sentences pending approval, suspended death sentences and life imprisonment, through fixed-term imprisonment, to cases in which the sentence length is unknown and those detained without trial. The list is as follows:
(1) Suspended death sentences: 11 people in total. They are:
朱惠来, 朱培忍, 罗让贡求 (Tibetan), 丁汉忠, 明经国, 塔西甫拉提·特依拜 (Uyghur), 哈木拉提·吾甫尔, 王国廷, 沙塔尔·沙吾提, 崔斌希, 尔扎提·巴吾东 (Uyghur)
(2) Life imprisonment: 19 people in total. They are:
王炳章, 买买提江·阿布都拉 (Uyghur), 旺堆 (Wangdu) (Tibetan), 伊力哈木·土赫提 (Uyghur), 白玛益西 (Tibetan), 索南公保 (Solnam Gonpo) (Tibetan), 吴泽衡, 徐福明, 胡勇, 巩进军, 麦尔丹·赛伊塔洪 (Uyghur), 阿布杜热扎克·夏木西丁 (Uyghur), 索南林珠 (Tibetan), 多吉扎西 (Tibetan), 强巴旺秋 (Tibetan), 阿布都热扎克·沙依木 (Uyghur), 热依拉·达吾提 (Uyghur), 阿卜杜韦利·穆基伊特, 努尔塔伊阿吉·斯坎德尔
(3) Fixed-term imprisonment: 1,395 people in total. They are listed below by sentence length:
Sentenced to 2 years and 6 months，32 people：陈晓彬、蔡林华、秦松法、冉官权、孙晓明、刘本芝、申玉国、王磊、李鹏、张淑杰、赵鸿娥、肇淑芝、唐兴秀、邹斌、陈明玉、龙克海、姜卫东、孙春花、薛少强、徐述尧、余胜华、张利芳、郭海成、赵彩霞、杨顺敏、徐月、刘清玲、蔡曦、刘范钦、李玉芳、宋瑞香、吴淑兰、
Sentenced to 2 years and 5 months，1 person：王秀琴、
Sentenced to 2 years and 4 months，2 people：王晓翠、盛丰玲、
Sentenced to 2 years and 3 months，3 people：杨励军、林忠英、佘兴敏、
Sentenced to 2 years and 2 months，2 people：占友超、聂中永、
Sentenced to 2 years，39 people：孙雪冰、岳春光、许健、朱亚梅、杨福静、闵祥仙、闫志秋、张淑霞、罗素雅、黄利俊、尧祖明、马付民、张菊英、田鹏飞、杨雪珍、许运炎、王玉兰、朱永珍、王淑香、王兰英、刘兰春、赵卫东、周桂花、李庆胜、朱细霞、张文萍、韩艳文、初庆珍、李玉娟、惠晓丽、赵自强、贾广林、王凤华、何文霞、孟祥芝、王桂荣、刘守渝、许宗平、张贞一、
Sentenced to less than 2 years，39 people：邹幸彤、李卓人、陈皓恒、问德怀、张凤玲、杨云杰、杨毓萍、华秀珍、李正训、林素贞、李坤芳、王均恒、李桂芹、富云平、钟庭菊、苗桂君、田秀芬、赵春艳、李淑珍、王玉兰、何炳英、汪天银、孟宪芳、吴燕娜、崔毅立、张秋菊、李著清、李玉琼、许爱琴、王金凤、张淑香、张月梅、郭志敏、杨志华、宋福元、韩伟、朱广军、吴永琼、白彦宾、辛奎、
Sentence length unknown，26 people：扎西顿珠（Tibetan）、扎西杰（Tibetan）、项逢选、苏东亮、纳杂尔﹒叶尔江（Kazakh）、哈纳提别克﹒萨布尔别克（Kazakh）、阿尔恒﹒巴杂尔别克（Kazakh）、乌木别提﹒卡斯木（Kazakh）、哈伊拉提别克﹒木合塔尔汗（Kazakh）、沙部旦﹒沙伊合（Kazakh）、耶尔肯别克﹒达列力（Kazakh）、肯杰别克﹒达列力（Kazakh）、玛乌提﹒么斯尔汗（Kazakh）、王钰超、臧金达、马海鹏、高兵、范生汉、努尔莫哈提•亚辛（Uyghur）、常铮、董艳梅、项锦锋、徐凤玉、付金凤、吕华、周敏、张爱民、
(4) Held in detention without trial, 257 people in total (distributed by region as follows)：
1、Beijing (Tianjin), 15 people：张文和、秦泗枫、李超然、辛赏、吴亚楠、秦小坡、高国杰、周国强、高兟、刘家玲、李学惠、郭毅巍、翟留俊、杨恵琴、葛志慧、 杜斌、
2、Guangdong, 11 people：梁子亮、李银秀、余浚聪、米久平、刘鹏华、李展、付常国、文成、朱宇飙、吴美芬、黎容好、颜志鸿、
3、Zhejiang, 6 people：陈法庆、黄益梓、李永峰、邵祝敏、麻显士、 黄琳婷、
4、Hubei, 18 people：向德斌、汪信全、李柯、郝明静、吴玉喜、金汉艳、金汉琴、陈柏清、刘家财、向祚华、白建强、李家清、潘向荣、黄行芝、陈越利、宋玉德、杨治金、尹旭安、
5、Sichuan, 18 people：曼嘎（Tibetan）、嘉扬多吉（Tibetan）、强巴格勒（Tibetan）、嘉央洛追（Tibetan）、贡却卓玛（Tibetan）、图丹（Tibetan）、余凤连、冯勇军、金犁、白才明、涂强、曹可雄、徐欣蕊、李英强、戴志超、叶丰华、贾学伟、董艳梅、
VIII、This issue's list index of the 1,682 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained in mainland China
To make it more convenient for people to search the list of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience detained in mainland China compiled by this organization, the organization publishes the Index of Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience Detained in Mainland China with each issue of the Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience Detained in Mainland China. This index arranges the names of the people recorded in this issue's report alphabetically by the pinyin initials of their names (A, B, C, D, E, F.....X, Y, Z). Users can search for the relevant person's name by the first pinyin letter of the name; biographies can be found in the report.
If you learn of the circumstances of political prisoners or prisoners of conscience who are not on the list, please inform us at any time. Contact email: wqw2011@gmail.com
The index is as follows
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Li Qiaochu: Update on Xu Zhiyong’s Situation in Prison (August 29, 2026)
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