China Rights Defense Network: Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China (August 31, 2026), Issue 131 (1,638 people in total)

11, Lu Huihuang: Male, Zhuang ethnicity, born on February 7, 1978, registered household address: No. 94, Fanghe Village, Shangyao Village, Dongxin Township, Guiping City, Guigang City, Guangxi. He previously worked in Guangdong's Pearl River Delta and other places. In his spare time, he was concerned about national and people's livelihood conditions, wrote, and disseminated his work online. 2013 In October, he wrote the Open Letter to the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party—Reflections and Suggestions on Political System Reform, in which he analyzed the country’s political system and suggested that the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party carry out constitutional reform. In March 2016, he wrote an article titled “Irresponsibly Discussing” State Affairs, in which he criticized certain national leaders and policies. In June 2016, he wrote the Open Letter to General Secretary Xi Jinping, calling on Xi Jinping to pay attention to and care about migrant workers. The above three articles were circulated only among some QQ groups and QQ friends. In January 2018, he wrote Analysis of and Appeals Regarding the Current Political Situation, in which he analyzed the political situation at the time, opposed the constitutional amendments and the cult of personality, circulated it through QQ, WeChat and email, and submitted it to the Beijing Spring website. The Beijing Spring website published the article in two parts, on February 25 and February 28, 2018. In July 2018, he wrote Suggestions for “Overcoming the Communist Party in Difficult Times”, calling for the early realization of the goals of the Charter 08, circulated it through WeChat groups, and it was later published on the Beijing Spring website. In July 2018, he wrote the Letter to the “China Labor Watch” Organization, in which he described the true circumstances of Chinese laborers, particularly migrant workers, requested that the “China Labor Watch” organization help them defend their rights, and circulated it to friends through QQ and WeChat. On August 1, 2018, he was summoned from the Foxconn Hongguan plant in Shenzhen to the Fumin Police Station of the Longhua District Public Security Sub-bureau in Shenzhen. (When signing the criminal detention notice on August 2, he learned that no one had reported him; they had discovered, through monitoring by higher-level departments, clues that someone in Shenzhen was circulating so-called politically inappropriate remarks, and had summoned him based on clues in the articles.) At the police station, before a case had even been formally opened (that is, before it had entered the criminal-proceedings stage), the police used threats (saying that they would beat him if he did not talk) to obtain the passwords to his mobile phone, QQ, WeChat, email and other accounts, and used these passwords to unlawfully log in to his QQ, WeChat and email accounts and collect so-called evidence of his crimes. In this way, the public security authorities collected the six articles listed above from the notes on his mobile phone, as well as from his QQ, WeChat and email accounts. On August 2, the public security authorities opened a case using these six articles as evidence and placed him under criminal detention; on September 7, they arrested him. This was followed by two returns of the case for supplementary investigation and three extensions of the review for prosecution. On April 15, 2019, the Longhua District Procuratorate in Shenzhen indicted him for the alleged crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, on allegations that he had disseminated false information, insulted national leaders, and fabricated rumors and defamed the country’s political system, legal system, basic national policies, guiding ideology, strategic planning, anti-corruption campaign, development path, labor system and conditions, and national rejuvenation goals. The alleged evidence of the crime consisted of the six articles he had listed above. Because he insisted on refusing to plead guilty and continued to fight inside, he was subjected to torture by the vicious police officer Yang Weidong, including electric shocks, deprivation of food and shackling. He was also prohibited from communicating with his family. On July 15, 2019 (the 14th day after receiving the indictment), at the pretrial conference before the hearing at the Longhua District Court in Shenzhen, he challenged the legality of the evidence. Because his family had not hired a lawyer for him, his lawyer had been appointed by the authorities and did not defend the legality of the evidence on his behalf at all at this pretrial conference. Lu Huihuang himself raised three doubts about the prosecution’s evidence: 1. The articles he wrote fell within the scope of freedom of expression. 2. The prosecution’s evidence had been obtained through illegal means (threats). 3. The prosecution also alleged that he had published articles in Beijing Spring, which had likewise been accessed by circumventing the Great Firewall. Under the principle of equality for all in the Constitution, public security, procuratorial and judicial organs and other authorities do not have special privileges. If they can use something, we ordinary people can use it too. If they can circumvent the Great Firewall, we ordinary people can circumvent it too; in that case, there is no need to waste large amounts of taxpayers’ money building the so-called “Great Firewall.” On December 24, 2019, the formal trial was held at the Longhua District Court in Shenzhen. He was not allowed to bring the written defense statement he had prepared into court. When he boarded the vehicle to go to court, the judicial police put a hood over his head, leaving only his eyes exposed; it was not removed until they arrived at the court. During the trial, presiding judge Jiang Tao prevented him from defending himself on the grounds that he was not allowed to insult national leaders. The trial ended hastily after only about an hour. On April 30, 2020, he received the judgment and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Because he had slept on the floor for a long time in the detention center, he developed rheumatism and lumbar spine disease. On June 22, 2020, he was transferred to Conghua Prison in Guangdong Province to serve his sentence, and was released after completing his sentence on January 31, 2021. After his release, repeated appeals produced no result. At 10 p.m. on February 18, 2022, Guangxi dissident Lu Huihuang was taken away from his residence in Daling New Village, Nanning, by several unidentified men. On the morning of February 19, friends were unable to reach Lu Huihuang by phone. They called the Dongxin Township Police Station in Guiping, Guigang, Guangxi, where Lu Huihuang was registered, to inquire about him. The person who answered denied that Lu Huihuang had been arrested, but was evasive in his remarks. Lu Huihuang had previously been sentenced to two years and six months in prison for his speech and was released after completing his sentence in January 2021. Some netizens speculated that Lu Huihuang had been taken away again, possibly because he had signed a petition calling for a thorough investigation into the Xuzhou chained woman slave incident. On November 20, 2022, Lu Huihuang was sentenced at first instance by the Guigang Municipal Court of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to four years and six months in prison for “inciting subversion of state power,” with his sentence running until August 17, 2026; dissatisfied with the judgment, he stated that he would appeal. He had previously been held at the Guigang Detention Center in Guangxi. He is currently serving his sentence at Qinzhou Prison. Mailing address: 6; No. 1 Beiying Road, Qinbei District, Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region，Postal Code: 535099。

Information source:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/11/46_22.html

12. Ma Changqing: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Yushu City, Jilin Province, born in 1953. He was a retired employee of the Yushu City road maintenance section. Ma Changqing began practicing Falun Gong in 1996. After Ma Changqing and his wife began practicing Falun Dafa, the family lived in harmony. Ma Changqing was the backbone of the family, but during the more than 20 years of the Chinese Communist Party’s persecution of Falun Gong, Ma Changqing was arrested and detained multiple times, and his wife was persecuted to death. On August 10, 2022, Ma Changqing was photographed by a surveillance camera at Yushu City Chinese Medicine Hospital while posting Falun Gong stickers near the hospital. He was arrested and sent to Changchun for detention that same day. His daughter, who has epilepsy, was placed in a nursing home in Gongpeng Township, Yushu City. In 2023, Ma Changqing was sentenced to four years in prison by the Dehui City Court in Jilin Province and detained at Jilin City Prison in Jilin Province, where he was persecuted. His sentence ends on August 9, 2026.

13. Ma Zhiru: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, born in 1970. She lives on Lingxi Street in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. Ma Zhiru began practicing Falun Gong in 2000. Because Ma Zhiru persisted in her belief in Falun Dafa, she was illegally detained multiple times, and her family members were also persecuted and forced to divorce her. Ma Zhiru was arrested by the Linghe District police in Jinzhou City on February 15, 2023. She was framed through behind-the-scenes manipulation by the public security, procuratorate and courts. The Linghai City Court sentenced Ma Zhiru to three years and six months in prison without a public trial and without notifying her family. In September 2023, Ma Zhiru was detained and persecuted in the 12th ward of Liaoning Women’s Prison. Her sentence ends on August 14, 2026.

Information source:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/12/36_27.html

14. Meng Fanjun: One of the victims in the Falun Gong case involving the seven members of Yu Jianli’s family. A Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun, Jilin Province. On August 15, 2019, the Siping City Public Security Bureau and the Lishu County Public Security Bureau deployed hundreds of police officers, including personnel from the domestic security brigades of the Siping City Public Security Bureau and Lishu County Public Security Bureau, patrol police, traffic police, and police officers from the various police stations within Lishu County. They also mobilized some personnel from the communities under their jurisdiction and, with the cooperation of local police in Changchun, began abducting Falun Gong practitioners and their family members in Changchun. They also went to the homes of practitioners and their relatives living in other areas of the province to carry out arrests. The seven members of Yu Jianli’s family were arrested by public security police at their respective homes. They included Yu Jianli, her mother Fu Guihua, her husband Wang Dongji, her father-in-law Wang Kemin, her mother-in-law Wang Fengzhi, her sister’s husband Meng Xiangqi, and Meng Xiangqi’s father Meng Fanjun. The seven family members were subsequently sentenced to terms ranging from seven to seven and a half years. Fu Guihua and Meng Xiangqi were each illegally sentenced to seven and a half years, while the other five received seven-year sentences. Their sentences end on August 14, 2026.

15. Peng Shiqing:A native of Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, and a resident of Bantang Huayuan residential compound in Yuetang District, Xiangtan City. He worked as a carpenter at a factory, and was a Falun Gong believer and prisoner of conscience. Because of his devout belief in Falun Gong, he was arrested and detained by the authorities multiple times, and was even wrongfully sentenced to eight years in prison. He subsequently served time at Yuanjiang Chishan Prison and Changde Jinshi Prison, where he was subjected to severe torture and abuse. After his release, because he continued to persist in his belief, he was subjected to even more severe surveillance and suppression by the authorities. On the morning of August 14, 2017, dozens of police officers from the Shuangma Police Station of the Xiangtan Public Security Bureau’s High-Tech Branch suddenly broke into his home and took both him and his wife away. His home was subsequently ransacked, and several items of Falun Gong-related materials were seized. All of his personal belongings, including passbooks, bank cards, social security cards and identity card, were also seized. He was sent to the Xiangtan City Detention Center that day. On September 20, 2017, his wife Xiong Chunxia was released and allowed to return home after being required to pay 3,000 yuan in bail, while he was formally arrested on charges related to a cult. He was accused of violating relevant laws by producing and distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification materials, printing Falun Gong truth-clarification content on renminbi banknotes, and sending text messages containing Falun Gong truth-clarification content. On February 7, 2018, the Yuetang District Court of Xiangtan City held a secret trial of his case inside the detention center. He was ultimately sentenced at first instance to nine years in prison for the crime of “organizing and using a cult organization to undermine implementation of the law.” He is currently detained at the Xiangtan City Detention Center. His sentence ends on August 13, 2026.

16. Sun Jiangyi: A Falun Gong practitioner from Jingzhou, Hubei Province. At around 5 p.m. on August 28, 2019, her husband Li Xingjun left his mother’s home and had just gone downstairs when he was arrested by multiple people, including domestic security officers, police from Ximen Police Station, and school security personnel. They punched and kicked him, leaving his face covered in blood. After forcibly taking him into a police vehicle, they sent him to Ximen Detention Center. His wife Sun Jiangyi was also arrested. The trial did not take place until September 21, 2020. Li Xingjun and Sun Jiangyi were tried, and both were sentenced to seven years in prison. Their sentences end on August 27, 2026.

17, Tan Qiucheng: Born in 1978, he is from Yushu City, Changchun City, Jilin Province, also known as Tan Qiucheng, a resident of Xiushui Township, Yushu City, occupation unknown, a seeker of freedom of belief, a Falun Gong practitioner, a victim of rights violations, and a Chinese prisoner of conscience. Beginning in October 1997, because of practicing the exercises and believing in Falun Gong, his personality and values changed greatly, especially transforming him from a selfish person into a good person who often thought of others, and he also gave up bad habits such as smoking, excessive drinking, and gambling; he therefore received widespread praise from relatives and friends. However, beginning in July 1999, because Falun Gong was subjected to brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist government, his normal and lawful environment for practicing the exercises was destroyed, so he went to Beijing several times to petition and seek justice and an explanation for Falun Gong; in October 1999, he was intercepted while petitioning in Beijing and was then sent back to his place of origin by personnel from the Changchun Office in Beijing, and was detained at the Yushu City Detention Center; he was soon sentenced by the local authorities to one year of reeducation through labor and detained at the Jiutai Yinmahe Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp; after his release, on September 22, 2001, because he sought to uphold the right, granted to the people by the Constitution, to pursue freedom of belief, and to enable more people in the world to understand the truth about the persecution of Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, he made efforts to publicize it by printing truth-clarification leaflets and making small loudspeakers, and was consequently arrested by police from the Domestic Security Division of the Changchun Municipal Public Security Bureau and criminally detained at the Tiebei Detention Center on a charge involving a cult; while in detention, he was brutally beaten, subjected to torture and forced feeding, ultimately suffering serious bodily harm; in March 2002, his case was tried by the Yushu City Court of Changchun City, and he was ultimately sentenced to 15 years in prison for the “cult crime”, after which he served his sentence at Jilin Province No. 2 Prison, where he was subjected to brutal torture and inhumane abuse; on November 23, 2014, he was finally released after completing his sentence; on August 15, 2019, he was again taken away in Changchun City because of his beliefs during a coordinated mass arrest operation by police from Siping City, Lishu County, and Changchun City, and he and more than a dozen others were subsequently arrested on suspicion of a cult-related crime, but because of insufficient evidence, their cases were returned several times by the Lishu County Procuratorate; on September 28, 2019, the case of the 14 Falun Gong practitioners (originally 16 people, two of whom were later released on bail, leaving a total of 14 at that point) was heard by the Lishu County Court of Siping City, and they were subsequently all sentenced at first instance for the “crime of using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement”; he was given a heavy sentence of seven years in prison and fined 3,000 yuan, while the others were each sentenced to terms ranging from seven years to seven years and six months; several of them were dissatisfied with the verdict and all filed appeals; on April 30, 2021, following the second-instance ruling by the Intermediate Court of Siping City, Jilin Province, the original judgment was upheld; his sentence runs until August 14, 2026. He is currently serving his sentence at Jilin Province No. 2 Prison (also known as Jilin Prison and Fengjiatun Prison, No. 100 Junmin Road, Chuanying District, Jilin City, Jilin Province / P.O. Box 315, Jilin City, Jilin Province, postal code: 132012).Source:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2022/04/7.html

18, Wang Dongji: One of the victims in the seven-member Falun Gong case involving Yu Jianli's family. A Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin Province. On August 15, 2019, the Siping Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Lishu County Public Security Bureau deployed hundreds of police personnel, including the Domestic Security Brigade of the Siping Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Domestic Security Brigade of the Lishu County Public Security Bureau, patrol police, traffic police, and police from all police stations in the Lishu County jurisdiction, and also mobilized some personnel from the communities under their jurisdiction. With the cooperation of local police in Changchun City, they began abducting Falun Gong practitioners and their family members in Changchun City, and also went to the homes of practitioners and relatives living in other areas of the province to carry out abductions. The seven members of Yu Jianli's family were abducted by public security police from their respective homes. They included: Yu Jianli, her mother Fu Guihua, her husband Wang Dongji, her father-in-law Wang Kemin, her mother-in-law Wang Fengzhi, her younger sister's husband Meng Xiangqi, and Meng Xiangqi's father Meng Fanjun. The seven family members were subsequently all sentenced to terms ranging from seven years to seven years and six months; Fu Guihua and Meng Xiangqi were unlawfully sentenced to seven years and six months, while the other five were sentenced to seven years. Sentences end on: August 14, 2026.

19, Wang Fengzhi: One of the victims in the seven-member Falun Gong case involving Yu Jianli's family. A Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin Province. On August 15, 2019, the Siping Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Lishu County Public Security Bureau deployed hundreds of police personnel, including the Domestic Security Brigade of the Siping Municipal Public Security Bureau, the Domestic Security Brigade of the Lishu County Public Security Bureau, patrol police, traffic police, and police from all police stations in the Lishu County jurisdiction, and also mobilized some personnel from the communities under their jurisdiction. With the cooperation of local police in Changchun City, they began abducting Falun Gong practitioners and their family members in Changchun City, and also went to the homes of practitioners and relatives living in other areas of the province to carry out abductions. The seven members of Yu Jianli's family were abducted by public security police from their respective homes. They included: Yu Jianli, her mother Fu Guihua, her husband Wang Dongji, her father-in-law Wang Kemin, her mother-in-law Wang Fengzhi, her younger sister's husband Meng Xiangqi, and Meng Xiangqi's father Meng Fanjun. The seven family members were subsequently all sentenced to terms ranging from seven years to seven years and six months; Fu Guihua and Meng Xiangqi were unlawfully sentenced to seven years and six months, while the other five were sentenced to seven years. Sentences end on: August 14, 2026.

20, Wang Kemin: One of the victims in the Falun Gong case involving Yu Jianli's family of seven. A Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin. On August 15, 2019, the Siping City Public Security Bureau and the Lishu County Public Security Bureau mobilized several hundred officers, including personnel from the Domestic Security Brigade of the Siping City Public Security Bureau, the Domestic Security Brigade of the Lishu County Public Security Bureau, patrol police, traffic police, and police from all police stations in the Lishu County jurisdiction. They also mobilized some personnel from the communities under their jurisdiction and, with the cooperation of local police in Changchun City, began abducting Falun Gong practitioners and their family members in Changchun City, as well as going to the homes of practitioners and relatives living in other areas within the province to abduct them. The seven members of Yu Jianli's family were abducted by public security police from their respective homes. They included: Yu Jianli, her mother Fu Guihua, her husband Wang Dongji, her father-in-law Wang Kemin, her mother-in-law Wang Fengzhi, her brother-in-law Meng Xiangqi, and Meng Xiangqi's father Meng Fanjun. Subsequently, all seven family members were sentenced to between seven and seven and a half years in prison. Fu Guihua and Meng Xiangqi were illegally sentenced to seven and a half years, while the other five received seven years. Sentence ends: August 14, 2026.

21, Wang Tiezhuang: Male, former director of the Nanyang City Administration for Industry and Commerce, and a Falun Gong practitioner. After the persecution of Falun Gong began in July 1999, Falun Gong practitioner Wang Tiezhuang wanted to speak up for justice for Falun Gong. In 2000, he went to Beijing to petition and, after being taken back by local public security authorities, was personally subjected to “transformation” by the Nanyang City Party secretary and the director of the Public Security Bureau. He persisted in practicing Falun Gong, and the Chinese Communist Party decided to sentence him to three years of re-education through labor, sending him to the Henan Province No. 3 Forced Labor Camp. From early April 2019, the Nanyang City Political and Legal Affairs Commission and Public Security Bureau began monitoring and surveilling Falun Gong practitioners. Beginning in July, they conducted what was called household visits to all residences and shops in the city, but in reality entered Falun Gong practitioners' homes to demand household registers and identity cards, fill out registration forms, and take photographs. Beginning in the early morning of August 30, mass arrests began in Nanyang's urban area and all its counties. Wang Tiezhuang was also arrested on August 30, 2019. In August 2020, Wang Tiezhuang was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 20,000 yuan by the Wancheng District Court of Nanyang City. Sentence ends: August 29, 2026.

22, Xue Guiyun: A Falun Gong practitioner from Huadian, Jilin, living in the Jiapigou residential community of Huadian City; female, born in 1969. Because she practiced Falun Gong, Xue Guiyun was arrested on October 22, 2007, and sentenced to one year of re-education through labor, suffering persecution at the Heizuizi Women's Forced Labor Camp; she was arrested again on March 20, 2013, secretly sentenced to three years in prison, and subjected to various forms of torture, physical punishment and abuse, and mental torture at the Heizuizi Women's Prison. On the evening of February 25, 2022, Xue Guiyun and Bu Yuxin, residents of the Jiapigou residential community in Huadian City, were arrested by patrol police from the Minghua Police Station of Huadian City while posting Falun Gong informational materials on the street. Subsequently, police ransacked both of their homes. They were later detained at the Jilin City Detention Center. Bu Yuxin and Xue Guiyun were tried on May 19, 2023. Bu Yuxin was sentenced to five years and six months, and Xue Guiyun to four years and six months. Xue Guiyun's sentence ends: August 24, 2026.Source of information:

https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/10/46_20.html

23, Yu Jianli: One of the victims in the Falun Gong case involving Yu Jianli's family of seven. A Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun City, Jilin. On August 15, 2019, the Siping City Public Security Bureau and the Lishu County Public Security Bureau mobilized several hundred officers, including personnel from the Domestic Security Brigade of the Siping City Public Security Bureau, the Domestic Security Brigade of the Lishu County Public Security Bureau, patrol police, traffic police, and police from all police stations in the Lishu County jurisdiction. They also mobilized some personnel from the communities under their jurisdiction and, with the cooperation of local police in Changchun City, began abducting Falun Gong practitioners and their family members in Changchun City, as well as going to the homes of practitioners and relatives living in other areas within the province to abduct them. The seven members of Yu Jianli's family were abducted by public security police from their respective homes. They included: Yu Jianli, her mother Fu Guihua, her husband Wang Dongji, her father-in-law Wang Kemin, her mother-in-law Wang Fengzhi, her brother-in-law Meng Xiangqi, and Meng Xiangqi's father Meng Fanjun. Subsequently, all seven family members were sentenced to between seven and seven and a half years in prison. Fu Guihua and Meng Xiangqi were illegally sentenced to seven and a half years, while the other five received seven years. Sentence ends: August 14, 2026.

24, Zhang Yanqin: A kind-hearted Falun Gong practitioner from Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei; female. On January 3, 2022, Zhang Yanqin and Nie Meifeng were arrested and taken to the Zhengding County Public Security Sub-Bureau while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarification materials at the Hengfeng Cuiting residential community. Subsequently, Zhang Yanqin and Nie Meifeng's homes were ransacked. On August 3, 2022, Zhang Yanqin and Nie Meifeng were tried. Nie Meifeng was sentenced to three years, beginning on January 3, 2022; Zhang Yanqin was sentenced to four years, beginning on August 3, 2022. It was said that Zhang Yanqin received a heavier sentence because she had a prior record. Sentence ends: August 2, 2026.Source of information:https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2022/12/18/453251.html

25、Zheng Yongxin：A Falun Gong practitioner from Zhongwei City, Ningxia, male, born in 195、6, with a junior college education, formerly an employee of the Yinchuan Power Supply Bureau. Because he persisted in his belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, he was repeatedly persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party: he was dismissed from public employment, his family was torn apart (Zheng Yongxin later formed a new family with Yang Jie in 2010), and he had no fixed residence；on October 18, 2000, he was sentenced to three years of re-education through labor, on April 9, 2002, he was sentenced to six years by the Lingwu City Court, and on September 17, 2019, he was administratively detained for 14 days by police from the Qingtongxia City Public Security Bureau； On October 25, 2020, he was arrested by police from the Shapotou Branch of the Zhongwei City Public Security Bureau, and on May 6, 2023, he was sentenced to five years and 10 months by the Shapotou District Court and fined 15,000 yuan。Sentence end date：August 24, 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/5/20/461058.html

26、Zhong Rong: A Falun Gong practitioner from Fengjie County, Chongqing, born in 1969, female。Zhong Rong was sentenced to three and a half years by a CCP court in 2014， arrested and subjected to a home raid at the end of February 2022， and in March 2022, she was again sentenced to four years and six months by a CCP court。Sentence end date：August 2026.Source of information：https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/4/22/459076.html

27、Sun Xiuzhen：A Falun Gong practitioner from Liaoning, female, born in 1945, from Xiuyan County, Anshan City, and residing in Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province。She began practicing Falun Gong in 1997。She was repeatedly persecuted for persisting in her belief。On the morning of July 6, 2020, 75-year-old Sun Xiuzhen went to the market in Shuangtaizi Town, Gaizhou City, to raise awareness of Falun Gong, and was arrested by police from the Shuangtaizi Police Station in Gaizhou City. In the afternoon, she was taken to the Gaizhou Detention and Isolation Center。After Sun Xiuzhen was detained for seven days, she was released on “bail pending trial” and taken home by her son。Afterward, the procuratorate and court in Bayuquan District continued their covert manipulation to frame elderly Sun Xiuzhen. On November 29, 2021, 76-year-old Sun Xiuzhen was summoned to the Bayuquan District Court and informed that a hearing would be held on December 14 at the Zhanqian District Court in Yingkou City。After that, Sun Xiuzhen left home and rented a place to live elsewhere。On the afternoon of August 20, 2023, her family could no longer contact her. After making inquiries through multiple channels, they learned that 78-year-old Sun Xiuzhen had been arrested and was being held at the Yingkou Detention Center。Sun Xiuzhen was later sentenced to three years and was taken to Liaoning Women’s Prison, where she is being persecuted。Sentence end date：August 19, 2026。

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/02/79.html

28、Gao Shuzhen：A Falun Gong practitioner from Guan County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, female, born on February 22, 1976, currently 48 years old, a farmer, residing in Qianbutou Village, Tangyuan Town, Linqing City。Gao Shuzhen was arrested and detained by police from the Qingshui Town Police Station in Guan County on July 26, 2022、 placed under residential surveillance on July 30， and criminally detained on September 22。On January 4, 2023, the Guan County Court of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, sentenced her to four years and fined her 10,000 yuan。She appealed, but the Liaocheng Intermediate Court rejected the appeal and upheld the original verdict。She is currently detained in Shandong Women’s Prison。Sentence end date：August 25, 2026.Source of information：

https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/4_81.html

29、Zhang Bingliang：A Falun Gong practitioner from Guan County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, male, born on December 17, 1955, currently 69 years old, a farmer, residing in Zhangli Village, Liangtang Town, Guan County。Zhang Bingliang was arrested by police from the Guan County Public Security Bureau on August 19, 2022, who also forcibly seized more than 200,000 yuan in cash from fertilizer sales。On January 4, 2023, the Guan County Court of Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, sentenced him to four years and fined him 10,000 yuan。He appealed, but the Liaocheng Intermediate Court rejected the appeal and upheld the original verdict。He is currently detained in a Shandong Province prison。Sentence end date：August 18, 2026.Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/4_13.html

30, Yong Xian: A Falun Gong practitioner from Jiutai District, Changchun City, male. On February 19, 2023, he was arrested by police from the National Security Brigade of the Erdao District Branch. He was formally arrested on March 19, 2023. It has now been learned that Yong Xian was sentenced to three years and six months in prison, with his sentence ending on August 18, 2026. He is currently being held at the Changchun City Detention Center.Source:

https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/03/blog-post_53.html

31, Li Li: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Pingdu City, administered by Qingdao City, Shandong Province, born in 1972. She lives in Dianqian Village, Fengtai Subdistrict, Pingdu City. She began practicing Falun Gong in the first month of 1999. During the Chinese Communist Party’s frenzied persecution of Falun Gong since 1999, Li Li was kidnapped and detained many times; she was subjected to reeducation through labor once and sentenced to prison three times, spending a cumulative thirteen and a half years in unjust imprisonment. She was subjected to brutal torture in prison. Ms. Li Li was arrested at home by National Security police on August 30, 2023, and detained and framed. On February 2, 2024, she was tried by the Huangdao District Court of Qingdao at the Pudong Detention Center in Qingdao. In late March 2024, it was learned that Li Li had been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. Her sentence ends on August 29, 2026.Source:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/04/3.html

32, Liang Shufa: A male Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, born in 1953. He lives in Hetun Village, Zhongtun Township, Guta District, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. Because he persisted in his faith in “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance,” he was frequently subjected to harassment, illegal home searches, extortion, illegal detention, and detention in brainwashing centers by Chinese Communist Party personnel. On August 31, 2023, police arrested Liang Shufa and four other Falun Gong practitioners from Jinzhou under the direction of the Guta Public Security Sub-Bureau in Jinzhou. They were detained at the Jinzhou City Detention Center. On September 13, 2023, Liang Shufa was formally arrested by the Linghai City Procuratorate. On December 4, 2024, the Linghai City Court opened the trial of Liang Shufa without notifying his family. During the trial, Liang Shufa repeatedly shouted, “Falun Dafa is good.” In early January 2024, Liang Shufa’s family finally heard that he had already been sentenced to three years in prison, and that the Linghai City Court had demanded a fine of 6,000 yuan from his family. On April 1, 2024, Liang Shufa was transferred to Panjin Prison. His sentence ends on August 30, 2026.

Source:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/05/3_2.html

33, Liu Shuhua: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Zhucheng City, Shandong Province, formerly an employee of the Zhucheng Ceramic Factory, formerly an employee of the Zhucheng Ceramic Factory. In April 1998, Liu Shuhua began practicing Falun Gong. Because she persisted in practicing, Liu Shuhua was arrested by police on September 3, 2004, and detained and persecuted at a brainwashing center in Jianguo Village. On July 24, 2023, police from the National Security Brigade of the Zhucheng City Public Security Bureau in Weifang, the Renmin Road Police Station, the Mizhou Road Police Station, and other units arrested Liu Shuhua and 13 other Falun Gong practitioners and ransacked their homes. That day, Liu Shuhua was detained at the Zhujie Brainwashing Center in Zhucheng City and forced to undergo so-called “transformation.” On August 5, 2023, because Liu Shuhua refused the so-called “transformation,” she was transferred to the Weifang Detention Center for continued detention. At the end of July 2024, it was learned that Liu Shuhua had been sentenced to three years in prison by the Zhucheng City Court. Her sentence ends on August 4, 2026.Source:

https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/08/3_5.html

34, Xiao Yongkang: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Huayuan County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province, born in 1966 and aged 58 in 2024, Han ethnicity. She lives in Ebi Village, Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Because she persisted in her faith in Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance and continued telling her fellow villagers the facts about Falun Dafa, she was subjected to brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist Party. On August 3, 2023, while Xiao Yongkang was selling vegetables, she told an elderly person about Falun Gong. She was spotted by an undercover officer who was following her, who called police from the Sanjiaoyan Police Station. The police punched and kicked her, forcibly dragged her away, and detained her at the Xiangxi Prefecture Detention Center. She was subsequently criminally detained, formally arrested, and prosecuted. The Huayuan County Court held a trial for Xiao Yongkang on December 20, 2023. On May 31, 2024, the Huayuan County Court sentenced Xiao Yongkang to three years in prison and fined her 10,000 yuan. She is being held at the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Detention Center. Her sentence ends on August 2, 2026.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2024/09/3_2.html

35. Yashar Shohret: Born on July 25, 1998, a native of Bole City, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and of Uyghur ethnicity, his English name is Yashar Shohret. He is a rap singer and songwriter, known by the stage name “Uigga,” a participant in the White Paper Movement, and a political prisoner detained in China. Although Yashar Shohret is originally from Bole City, Xinjiang, after graduating from middle school he was admitted to Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, where he studied computer science and technology, and later went to Chengdu, Sichuan, for further study and development; during the 2022 White Paper Movement, on November 27, after taking part in a public mourning by numerous people on Wangping Street in Chengdu for the victims of the fire in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, and singing a lament in Uyghur, he was suppressed at the scene by plainclothes police dispatched by the authorities; he and many others were subsequently violently taken away by plainclothes police and criminally detained on suspicion of “the crime of gathering a crowd to disrupt social order”; at first, Chengdu police mistakenly believed that he was a foreigner and suspected that an overseas force was causing disruption inside China, but after being held for 21 days, he was ultimately released on bail from the Chengdu Pre-Trial Detention Center; however, from then on he was placed under close surveillance, and his identity documents from his time at university were also confiscated; on August 9, 2023, the day after the Chengdu Universiade (that is, the 31st Summer World University Games in Chengdu) ended, Yashar Shohret was suddenly arrested by police from Bole City, Xinjiang, who crossed provincial borders to take him from his rented residence on unspecified charges, and was quickly taken back to Bole City, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, where he was criminally detained and held at the Bole City Detention Center; on November 13, 2023, police transferred his case to the Bole City Procuratorate for prosecution. Only then, after his defense lawyer obtained accurate information about the case and met with him, did the lawyer learn that he had previously publicly released several Uyghur-language songs, such as “wake up,” and had posted songs he composed (Uigga), accompanied by Chinese translations, on NetEase Cloud Music. The police selected some phrases that they deemed problematic and therefore accused him of being suspected of two crimes: promoting extremism and illegally possessing materials promoting extremism; on June 20, 2024, Yashar Shohret’s case was heard at the Bole City Court in Xinjiang, and at first instance he was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for “the crime of promoting extremism” and “the crime of illegally possessing materials promoting extremism”; he appealed because he disagreed with the verdict; after the second-instance trial, the original verdict was nevertheless upheld, with his sentence running until August 8, 2026. Yashar Shohret is currently serving his sentence at Xinjiang Wusu Prison (Wusu City, Tacheng Prefecture, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang; postal code: 833006).

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/03/3_26.html

36. Wu Yuxun: Formerly known as Wu Zonglun, he is a male Falun Gong practitioner from Xianning City, Hubei Province, born on October 10, 1954, and 71 years old this year. He lives in Xian'an District, Xianning City, Hubei Province, and was formerly an employee of the Transportation Management Bureau of the railway freight yard in Xian'an District. In 1998, Wu Yuxun began practicing Falun Gong. Over the past two decades, he has repeatedly been persecuted by Chinese Communist Party personnel for adhering to his Falun Gong faith. He was subjected to five home searches, five detentions, and two forced brainwashing sessions by the National Security Brigade of the Xian'an District Public Security Branch and local police stations, and was sentenced to two years of reeducation through labor. On August 29, 2023, Wu Yuxun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Xianning City, Hubei Province, then 69 years old, was arrested. About one month later, he was arrested by the Xian'an District Procuratorate. Wu Yuxun was sentenced to three years in prison by the Xian'an District Court on December 8, 2023; the Intermediate Court subsequently upheld the original verdict. On October 23, 2024, Wu Yuxun was transferred to Shayang Fanjiatai Prison. His sentence ends on: August 28, 2026. Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/04/371.html

36, Yao Zuming: Female Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan Province. Falun Gong practitioners Ou Xuehui, Yao Zuming and Zhou Xulin from Kunming, Yunnan Province, were arrested and had their homes raided in Jinning District, Kunming, on August 13, 2024. Ou Xuehui and Yao Zuming have been detained at the Kunming Detention Center to this day, while Zhou Xulin, due to health reasons, was "released on bail pending trial" to return home. The three Falun Gong practitioners, Ou Xuehui, Yao Zuming and Zhou Xulin, were framed by the Jinning District Procuratorate and transferred to the Xishan District Procuratorate, which subsequently indicted them at the Xishan District Court. On January 26, 2025, Ou Xuehui, Yao Zuming and Zhou Xulin were tried. It was later learned that Ou Xuehui was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan; Yao Zuming was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 8,000 yuan; and Zhou Xulin was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. Yao Zuming's sentence ends on: August 12, 2026.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/04/2.html

38, Li Guiqin: Female Falun Gong practitioner from Dezhou, Shandong Province, who lives in Nanjin Village, Qiansun Town, Lingcheng District, Dezhou, and was over 70 years old in 2025. Li Guiqin was arrested by police on August 20, 2025, and immediately detained at the Dezhou Detention Center. After being detained for one month, on September 21, Li Guiqin's family received a notice from the court and learned that Li Guiqin had already been sentenced to one year in prison, and that family visits had been refused. Her sentence ends on August 19, 2026.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2025/10/1.html

39, Feng Yongjun: Born on March 27, 1973, a native of Santai County, Mianyang, Sichuan Province; formerly a villager at No. 023, Group 2, Huanglong Village, Baiqing Town, Santai County; now a long-term resident of Jinzhou Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu; a real-name whistleblower, known as the "Pennant Brother," a rights-protection citizen, and a Chinese rights defender in detention. Because Feng Yongjun has always been upright in character and conduct and dared to speak out about every instance of injustice he encountered in his village in order to safeguard his own and the villagers' rights and interests, he was highly praised and recognized by the villagers. However, village leaders regarded him as someone who meddled excessively in others' affairs and he was subjected to considerable resentment and retaliatory suppression; from August 10 to 11, 2016, dissatisfied with the severe pollution of Baiqing Reservoir, which had been contracted out by the village for fish farming, and having unsuccessfully filed multiple administrative lawsuits with the local government seeking relief over issues including the public disclosure of the village reservoir contract and the flow of reservoir funds, he and nine villagers jointly presented a pennant bearing the words "Failure to Perform Duties" to the Santai County Environmental Protection Bureau and another to the Party Committee and government of Baiqing Town, Santai County, as a warning. He was consequently criminally detained by Santai County police on suspicion of "the crime of disrupting social order" and sent to the Santai County Detention Center; after his release, dissatisfied with the local police's punishment decision, he also reported under his real name that the handling by the Santai County Public Security Bureau of the incident involving the delivery of the "Failure to Perform Duties" pennant on August 10, 2016, had violated laws and regulations, hoping that the Ministry of Public Security and the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department would instruct Mianyang police to investigate and handle the matter. However, the outcome was that Mianyang police refused to provide information on the grounds that the report on the situation constituted a work secret, a state secret, and a top state secret; from December 18, 2017, to February 6, 2018, after being repeatedly and illegally restricted in his personal freedom by police for making multiple reports and after the Chengdu Qingyang District police failed to perform their administrative duties, he filed a lawsuit with the Qingyang District Court. The court issued multiple administrative rulings refusing to accept the cases on the grounds that they "belonged to criminal cases and did not fall within the scope of review by the people's courts"; subsequently, having no alternative, he repeatedly called the police and condemned the inaction of the Qingyang District police through Sina Weibo. On April 24, 2018, he was consequently placed under 14 days of administrative detention by the Chengdu Qingyang District police for "disrupting the order of a work unit"; on August 19, 2022, because Feng Yongjun went to the Sichuan High Court's Shuhan Road office area for the 10th time to file complaints and seek rights protection, he was again detained by police from Chengdu's Pidu District and subsequently criminally detained on suspicion of "the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble"; on September 8 of the same year, he was formally arrested by the Pidu District Procuratorate of Chengdu on the same charge; it is reported that he had left a handwritten message for his wife asking her to help retain a lawyer. He was detained at the Xindu District Detention Center in Chengdu. It was later learned that Feng Yongjun had been sentenced to four years in prison and transferred to Chengdu Jinjiang Prison to serve his sentence. His sentence ends on August 18, 2026.Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/4.html

40, Chen Mingyan: Born on September 9, 1976, a rights defender from Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, resident of No. 34 Wu'an Street, Yucheng District, Ya'an City, and a petitioner seeking redress. She petitioned after a court issued a wrongful judgment regarding her child's maintenance payments, and was subsequently illegally detained and held several times by the authorities because of her repeated petitions; from March 2009 to March 2012, she was detained for five days by Beijing police, criminally detained for 30 days by Ya'an police, held beyond the statutory period for 94 days by Ya'an police on suspicion of “the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and forcibly subjected to a psychiatric assessment by the Yucheng District police of Ya'an. The assessment concluded that Chen Mingyan had paranoid schizophrenia, following which she was sent to a psychiatric hospital and held there for as long as seven months; after being discharged, she not only defended her own rights, but also, because of her kind nature and willingness to help suffering petitioners, for a long period sent money and goods to petitioners and rights-defending citizens detained at the Ya'an Detention Center, frequently received and visited their family members, and actively contacted human rights lawyers from other areas to intervene in petitioners' cases, gradually becoming an active rights-defending citizen; on December 21, 2015, after forwarding in a WeChat group an image about the global lawsuit against Jiang Zemin by Falun Gong, she was criminally detained by the Yucheng District police of Ya'an on suspicion of “the crime of using a cult organization to undermine implementation of the law”; on January 25, 2016, she was formally arrested on the same charge; on November 2, 2016, the Yucheng District police of Ya'an changed the coercive measure and placed her under residential surveillance; on May 16, 2017, she was taken into custody and arrested by the Yucheng District police of Ya'an because she accompanied her defense lawyer to the Hanyuan County Procuratorate in Ya'an City to inspect the case files of Tianwang volunteer Jiang Chengfen; on June 1, 2017, she was sentenced at first instance by the Yucheng District Court of Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, to four years' imprisonment and fined 3,000 yuan for “the crime of using a cult organization to undermine implementation of the law”; she appealed against the judgment, but the second instance nevertheless upheld the original verdict; on April 11, 2020, she was released after completing her sentence; it is reported that during her detention she was frequently subjected to torture, including verbal abuse and beatings by detention-center guards and being fitted with “turtle cuffs.” She had previously been detained at the Ya'an City Detention Center in Sichuan. Because Chen Mingyan had consistently actively defended individuals' lawful rights and helped vulnerable individuals participate in rights defense, she was arrested again in 2022 and later sentenced to four and a half years' imprisonment for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” On the morning of August 10, 2026, Chen Mingyan completed her sentence and returned home.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/42026810.html

III. Current information on 30 people in prison learned this period (with biographies)

1. Names, sentences and biographies of the five people from the previous list who were sentenced this period:

Gao Shen, Yin Jiangen, Zhang Sen, Chang Shun, Ma Tao

3 years: Gao Shen

2 years and 3 months: Yin Jiangen,

1 year and 7 months: Zhang Sen

1 year and 6 months: Chang Shun

1 year and 4 months: Ma Tao

1/Gao Shen's biography:Born on May 10, 1956, a native of Jinan, Shandong Province, Gao Shen is a renowned Chinese sculptor, a scholar living in the United States, a dissident, and a Chinese political prisoner in custody. In his early years, after the Gao family suffered a devastating catastrophe during China's Cultural Revolution, his father was persecuted to death in 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, thereby casting a deep shadow over the young minds of the two brothers; after the launch of reform and opening up, he and his younger brother Gao Qiang (known as the “Gao Brothers”) gradually became two of China's most renowned artists, and their political stance left a firm and clear mark on their works; beginning in 1985, the Gao Brothers began collaborating and devoted themselves to artistic activities including painting, installation, performance, and photography, but because their sculptures and paintings often addressed sensitive political issues, although the two brothers believed that they were merely expressing their views on society in the course of making art, this nevertheless touched a sensitive nerve of the Chinese Communist authorities; in February 1989, while participating in an art exhibition in Beijing, he signed an open letter from Fang Lizhi to Deng Xiaoping, and was consequently monitored by the Chinese Communist authorities as a political dissident, resulting in the two brothers being subjected to exit controls whenever they attempted to travel abroad from 1989 to 2003, until the restrictions were lifted in 2004; since Xi Jinping took power in 2012, as the authorities have continuously tightened controls on the speech of domestic dissidents and public intellectuals, especially after the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the Chinese Communist Party passed the Law on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs in April 2018 (intended to pursue the legal liability of citizens who insult or defame the names, images, reputations, and other aspects of heroes and martyrs, and implemented from May 1 of the same year), the sculptures created over many years of collaboration by the two brothers, including Execution of Christ, the Miss Mao series, and Mao Kneeling in Repentance, became targets that the authorities needed to forcefully suppress; on August 26, 2024, after he returned to China to visit family, he was taken away and criminally detained by police in Sanhe, Langfang, Hebei Province, from his personal studio in Yanjiao on suspicion of the “crime of infringing upon the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs,” and has been out of contact ever since; afterward, his wife and children were implicated and prohibited from leaving the country, while the family's efforts to seek assistance from the U.S. Embassy in China were also blocked by the police; his works, property, and studio were all sealed off, and his friends and those who helped him were either silenced or forced to write statements of guarantee; on October 7 of the same year, an artist colleague and friend, when interviewed by the media, allegedly said that he should have already been formally arrested by the procuratorate; his case was subsequently prosecuted by the Sanhe Municipal Procuratorate and transferred to the Sanhe Municipal People's Court for review, which recommended a three-year sentence; on August 16, 2025, it was learned that his case was about to go to trial, but the proceedings were repeatedly postponed; on March 30, 2026, his case was formally tried behind closed doors at the Sanhe Municipal People's Court, while requests by his family and representatives of the European Union to attend the hearing were denied; his case has attracted international attention, with the Human Rights Foundation, Amnesty International, and a joint petition signed by more than 20,000 people all calling on the Chinese government to release him. On the morning of August 25, 2026, Gao Shen was sentenced to three years in prison by the Sanhe Municipal People's Court of Hebei Province for the crime of infringing upon the reputation of heroes and martyrs, with his sentence ending on August 25, 2027. He is currently being held at the Sanhe Municipal Detention Center (west of Gaogezhuang Village, Juyang Town, Sanhe, Langfang, Hebei Province, postal code: 065201).

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/3_02003976269.html

2/Yin Jiangen: Born in 1965, a native of Hunan Province, residing in the Guihua residential community in Hetang Town, Zhuzhou City; a self-media practitioner, blogger of a Weibo public account under the name “Sunshine Beneath the Ploughing Pen,” a Rule of Law Online reporter, a citizen defending rights, and a Chinese political prisoner. Because he is upright by nature and has long been committed to关注民生问题, with the emergence and development of Generation Z (also known as the “net generation” and the “Internet generation”), he began creating a self-media platform to expose current abuses and often wrote articles to speak out for many disadvantaged rights-defending groups in need of assistance; on August 11, 2025, because he published on a self-media platform an article titled “Anhui’s He County Again Sees a Shandong Pingdu ‘Secretary Wang Li Version’; Secretary Liu Ying Is ‘Even Better’ Compared with Her,” which contained critical remarks about Liu Ying, Party secretary of Liyang Town, He County, Anhui Province, police from He County, Ma’anshan City, Anhui Province, crossed provincial boundaries and came to his residential community in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, forcibly demanding that he delete the post; he refused, after which he was taken away by He County police and lost contact; after making inquiries through various channels, his family and friends (including concerned netizens) finally learned 20 days later that he had been criminally detained by He County police in Ma’anshan City on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and was being held at the He County Detention Center; it was said that his arrest was related to his repeatedly writing and reporting online, under the pen name “Sunshine Beneath the Ploughing Pen,” on the “rights defense over the debt for bricks owed by the No. 2 Kiln Factory” case involving petitioner Chen Dezhen of He County, Anhui Province, and speaking out to seek redress and defend Chen’s rights; Chen had originally been a law-abiding farmer from He County, Anhui Province, but solely because he had a debt dispute over 90,000 red bricks with the local No. 2 Kiln Factory in 1995, the local Liyang Town government unlawfully transferred the creditor’s rights to a rubber company, forcing Chen to defend his rights for a prolonged period; in 2021, Chen finally reached a brick-payment compensation agreement with the local town government, but afterward the town government again breached its promise and refused to pay, so Chen went to Beijing to petition and was sentenced to one year; after his release, Chen was again administratively detained by police for 18 days because he posted on Weibo alleging that local government official Liu Ying had made a false police report; deeply saddened by and angered at the injustice of Chen’s experience, he wrote an article to help Chen and call for people to speak out, but unexpectedly this led to pressure and warnings from the authorities in He County, Anhui Province, where Chen was located; on September 3, 2025, his defense lawyer met with him at the He County Detention Center and, with his consent, submitted to the police and the local procuratorate an application for release on bail pending trial, an application requesting designated jurisdiction, and an application for supervision over the decision not to approve his arrest, but all were rejected; on September 15, 2025, the He County Procuratorate of Anhui Province formally approved his arrest on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” During his detention, a lawyer went to the He County Procuratorate to review the case files and then met with him; he said that he had been subjected to prolonged interrogation without rest by the case-handling personnel, who also demanded that he plead guilty. In mid-December 2025, the case was transferred to the He County Procuratorate for review and prosecution. After learning of the above circumstances, dozens of netizens launched a joint signature campaign and sent a letter to the He County People’s Procuratorate, requesting that it conduct a strict, lawful, independent, objective, and impartial review and issue a decision not to prosecute him in accordance with the law. Hunan Zhuzhou self-media practitioner Yin JiangenYin Jiangen was sentenced at first instance to 2 years and 3 months in prison by the He County People’s Court of Anhui Province on August 6, 2026. He is currently being held at the He County Detention Center in Anhui Province. His sentence runs until: November 10, 2027.Source:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/20268623.html

3/Biography of Zhang Sen: A native of Anhui Province, a Christian, pastor of the “Maitseed Reformed Church” in the Fuyang Economic and Technological Development Zone of Anhui Province, a victim of religious persecution, and a Chinese prisoner of conscience. A devout believer in Jesus Christ; because his church is a Presbyterian church and maintains a house-church position in its faith, he openly refused to join the “Three-Self” churches controlled by the Chinese Communist government, and consequently was subjected to stability-maintenance surveillance; in 2018, he participated in signing the “Pastors’ Joint Declaration: A Declaration of Christian Faith” initiated by Pastor Wang Yi of Chengdu’s Early Rain Covenant Church; in August 2021, his church was raided for the first time by police from Yingzhou District, Fuyang City, and was subsequently subjected to frequent suppression. During this period, he was beaten, became a key target of stability-maintenance efforts, was frequently summoned by police to “have tea,” and was subjected to long-term surveillance; in 2023, as persecution facing his church escalated, some Christians willing to join together in homeschooling attracted the close attention of the local government. As a result, many Christian families were harassed; some were even forced to relocate, while some had their homes illegally entered or were followed, and tracking devices and surveillance equipment were installed in their homes. Soon afterward, the Maitseed Reformed Church was officially banned by the government, and nearly 20 people were arrested and detained; on March 24, 2024, after eight church Christians were authorized for release, he and other believers went to the entrance of the detention center to welcome them and prayed together nearby. He was consequently summoned for questioning and was subsequently placed under administrative detention for 15 days by police from the local police station on March 28 on the grounds that “the prayer had not been reported”; on June 29, 2025, the church where he served was again raided by police during worship, and Pastor Chang Shun and Elder Ma Tao were taken away and criminally detained on suspicion of “illegal assembly”; although he was not attending the worship service at the church at the time, on July 9 of the same year he was likewise seized and criminally detained by Fuyang police across provincial borders at a friend’s home in Xuzhou, Jiangsu. The specific alleged offense is unknown, but it is certain to be related to his faith; because in an interview on May 28, 2025, with the house church online prayer program “China at 5 p.m.,” he stated that having signed the “Pastors’ Joint Declaration” initiated by Pastor Wang Yi was the main reason the Maitseed Reformed Church had repeatedly suffered persecution, and because he was one of its signatories, the possibility that he was subjected to a severe crackdown is extremely high; he has remained in custody without release to this day. He is currently detained at the Fuyang City Detention Center (Lukan Road, Yingquan District, Fuyang City, Anhui Province; postal code: 236050). On August 10, 2026, the verdict was handed down in the case of Anhui Fuyang’s Maitseed Reformed Church. Three people were sentenced for “organizing illegal gatherings”: Pastor Zhang Sen: 1 year and 7 months, with his sentence ending on January 24, 2027; Pastor Chang Shun: 1 year and 6 months, with his sentence ending on November 18, 2026; Elder Ma Tao: 1 year and 4 months, with his sentence ending on October 28, 2026.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/171614.html

4/Chang Shun’s profile: A native of Anhui Province, a Christian, pastor of the “Mai Zhong Reformed Church” in the Economic and Technological Development Zone of Fuyang City, Anhui Province, and a Chinese prisoner of conscience. A devout believer in Jesus Christ, he became involved in ministry at the Mai Zhong Reformed House Church in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, at an early age, and subsequently became, in succession, an evangelist and pastor; in 2018, he and other church pastors signed the “Pastors’ Joint Declaration on the Christian Faith” initiated that year by Pastor Wang Yi of Chengdu’s Early Rain Covenant Church, expressing their insistence on the house-church position and publicly refusing to join the Chinese Communist Party’s “Three-Self” church; as a result, however, the church where he served was ultimately banned by the government, although the believers and their pastors continued to hold gatherings discreetly and with difficulty, while enduring repeated crackdowns and suppression; on October 21, 2023, after local authorities learned that he and six or seven other Christians from the church were studying the Bible in an office building, multiple departments, including the local police station, the residential community, and the Religious Affairs Bureau, jointly raided them, illegally confiscated the books and computers they were using on the spot, and took away several male Christians, including him, for questioning; two weeks later, on November 4, he and fellow church workers Han Xuri and Han Meng were each placed under administrative detention for 10 days by police in Fuyang City’s Economic and Technological Development Zone for “illegal gathering activities,” and each was fined 500 yuan; on March 10, 2024, the church where he served was raided again by the authorities during worship, 18 Christians were taken away, nine pastors and church workers were placed under administrative detention, and he was placed under administrative detention for 15 days (reportedly, this was the third time he had been detained within half a year); on June 29, 2025, while the Mai Zhong Reformed Church in Fuyang and the Covenant Hall preaching station were holding worship services, local police raided them again, forcing multiple church groups to stop meeting, and took away 19 pastors and believers, including him and Elder Ma Tao (including four children), on the grounds that they were suspected of involvement in illegal gatherings; the following day (June 30), most of them were released one after another, but he and Elder Ma Tao were criminally detained on suspicion of “organizing illegal gatherings”; they have remained detained and have not been released to date; it is reported that the Christians who were released and returned home continue to be monitored and harassed, and have been forcibly made to move. He is currently detained at the Fuyang City Detention Center (Lukan Road, Yingquan District, Fuyang City, Anhui Province; postal code: 236050). On August 10, 2026, the case of the Mai Zhong Reformed Church in Fuyang, Anhui, was adjudicated, and three people were sentenced for “organizing illegal gatherings”: Pastor Zhang Sen: 1 year and 7 months, with the sentence ending on January 24, 2027; Pastor Chang Shun: 1 year and 6 months, with the sentence ending on November 18, 2026; Elder Ma Tao: 1 year and 4 months, with the sentence ending on October 28, 2026.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/171614.html

5/Biography of Ma Tao：Born on July 20, 1984, his real name is Ma Shutao. He is from Yingshang County, Anhui Province, and is a citizen of Nanzhao Town, Yingshang County. He is a Christian, an elder of the “Wheat Seed Reformed Church” in the Economic and Technological Development Zone of Fuyang City, Anhui Province, a victim of religious persecution, and a Chinese prisoner of conscience. He is kind and friendly. Because of his devout belief in Jesus Christ, he became involved in ministry at the Wheat Seed Reformed House Church in Fuyang City, Anhui Province at an early stage and became a preacher; however, because his church adheres to the house-church position on matters of faith and openly refuses to join the “Three-Self” churches controlled by the Chinese Communist government, he has been subjected to stability-maintenance surveillance by the authorities. At the end of August 2021, the church to which he belonged was raided for the first time by police from Yingzhou District, Fuyang City. It was later banned by the local civil affairs bureau on the grounds that it had “engaged in activities in the name of a social organization without registration.” However, he and the church’s other pastors and believers were not afraid of the risks and continued to hold meetings quietly and with difficulty. Because of this, the church’s pastors, several co-workers and key believers were frequently arrested and suppressed by the authorities. On June 29, 2025, while his church and its preaching station, Covenant Church, were holding worship services, they were again raided by local police. Multiple church groups were forced to stop meeting, and he, Pastor Chang Shun and 19 other pastors and believers, including four children, were taken away together on suspicion of “holding illegal gatherings.” The next day, June 30, most of them were released one after another, but he and Pastor Chang Shun were criminally detained on suspicion of “organizing illegal gatherings.” On August 6 of the same year, the two were formally arrested by the Fuyang City Procuratorate on the same charge. At the same time, Pastor Zhang Sen of his church was also arrested and included in the same case. By October 22, it was learned that the cases of the three men had been transferred by the police to the Yingzhou District Procuratorate of Fuyang City for review and prosecution on the charge of “organizing illegal gatherings.” On March 21, 2026, the Yingzhou District Procuratorate of Fuyang City formally indicted him. The indictment alleges that the three men—he and Zhang Sen and Chang Shun—repeatedly held “illegal gatherings” in their respective capacities as an elder and pastors and allowed children to participate in worship activities. In particular, it alleges that he organized “illegal gathering” activities many times in the name of the “Wheat Seed Reformed Church” in Yingzhou District of Bengbu City and Yingshang County on October 16, 2021, October 21, 2023, in January 2024, and from March to June 2025, involving several minors. It further alleges that the pastors also allowed their respective children to receive teaching and education containing religious elements. Their conduct therefore constituted “disrupting social order,” was serious in nature, violated relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, and thus led to the initiation of public prosecution. From June 9 to 12, 2026, the case of the three men was formally heard by that court, but no verdict had been issued to date. He is currently detained at the Fuyang City Detention Center (Lukan Road, Yingquan District, Fuyang City, Anhui Province, postal code：236050). On August 10, 2026, the verdict was issued in the case of the Wheat Seed Reformed Church in Fuyang, Anhui. The three men were sentenced for “organizing illegal gatherings”: Pastor Zhang Sen：1 year and 7 months, with his sentence ending on January 24, 2027; Pastor Chang Shun：1 year and 6 months, with his sentence ending on November 18, 2026; Elder Ma Tao：1 year and 4 months, with his sentence ending on October 28, 2026.

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/171614.html

2、A briefing on the prison updates of Xu Zhiyong, Zhang Zhan, Yin Xuan’an, Li Yingqiang, Dai Zhichao, Jia Xuewei, He Guilan, Du Bin, Huang Lei, Lin Shucheng, Duoji Zhaxi, Zhang Zhongshun, Wang Zhong, Ding Jiaxi, Gao Zhisheng, Qin Yongmin, Li Yuanfeng, Chen Pinlin, Ren Jianping, Zhang Yi, Yang Zewei, Zan Aizong, Cheng Xiaofeng, Guo Feixiong, Wang Guiling and 25 others：

1/Xu Zhiyong：Li Qiaochu：Briefing on Xu Zhiyong’s situation in prison (August 29, 2026)

Yesterday, I received a letter written by Xu Zhiyong on August 21, 2026. He told me that the situation regarding time outdoors had improved—it is now at 10 a.m. every day and lasts half an hour. Our communication has also been somewhat smoother recently than it was over the previous two months. The restoration of normal outdoor time and the improvement in communication are positive encouragements for me. Having received his own confirmation, this matter can now be brought to a close for the time being. Going forward, I will also regularly ask about his basic living conditions in my letters. It is now early autumn, and I hope he can go outside for a walk and get some sunlight every day. Thank you to everyone who has been paying attention.

Xu Zhiyong’s biography：Born on March 2, 1973, he is from Minquan County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province; a former professional lecturer at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; a former people’s assessor at the Haidian District People’s Court in Beijing; an important founder of “Gongmeng”; a young legal scholar, constitutional scholar and citizen rights advocate; a proposer of a request for the National People’s Congress to conduct a constitutional review of the Measures for the Custody and Repatriation of Urban Vagrants and Beggars; an advocate of the New Citizens Movement; and a political prisoner in custody in China. On July 16, 2013, he was criminally detained by Beijing police on suspicion of “gathering to disrupt public order” and held at Beijing No. 3 Detention Center; on August 22 of the same year, he was formally arrested; on January 26, 2014, he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court for “the crime of gathering to disrupt public order”; and on July 15, 2017, he was released after completing his sentence. On February 15, 2020, Xu Zhiyong was taken away by Guangzhou police from lawyer Yang Bin’s residence on Hailing Island in Panyu; it is reported that his arrest this time was related to the fact that he had been wanted since December 2019 for participating in the “Xiamen Gathering case.” Xu Zhiyong had been living secretly in exile in southern China since lawyer Ding Jiaxi was arrested on December 26, 2019. His relatives and friends were repeatedly harassed and followed, and his girlfriend Li Qiaochu was also forcibly disappeared. On June 19, 2020, Xu Zhiyong was formally arrested on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power and was previously detained at the Linshu County Detention Center in Shandong Province. On April 10, 2023, Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the CCP authorities for subversion of state power, with his sentence running until February 14, 2034. He refused to accept the verdict and appealed; his appeal was rejected and the original verdict was upheld. After the second trial, Xu Zhiyong was transferred to Lunan Prison in Rizhao, Shandong, to serve his sentence. His correspondence address：Shandong Lunan Prison, Prison Administration Department, Donggang District, Rizhao City, Shandong Province For Xu Zhiyong

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2/Zhang Zhan：Two Years Since the Renowned Human Rights Defender and Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Was Imprisoned Again

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 28, 2026, this website learned that today marks the second anniversary of the citizen journalist and human rights defender Zhang Zhan’s being arrested again. Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison the first time and was released after completing her sentence on May 13, 2024. After that, she continued to voice support for rights defenders through social media. More than three months later, on August 28, 2024, she was arrested again; during this period, she again protested by going on hunger strike and was again force-fed. On September 19, 2025, Zhang Zhan was again sentenced to four years in prison for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. She is currently detained in Ward Five of Shanghai Women’s Prison. Address：No. 1601 Zhangjing Road, Sijing Town, Songjiang District, Shanghai Postal code：201601

Zhang Zhan’s biography：Female, born on September 2, 1983, she is from Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, a resident of Shanghai’s Pudong New Area, a former senior executive at a securities company in Shanghai, a former practicing lawyer, a citizen journalist, a human rights defender, and a political prisoner in custody in China. In her early years, she studied finance at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and obtained a master’s degree; beginning in 2010, she left her hometown and sought employment in Shanghai; she once willingly gave up a high-paying position at a securities company in pursuit of freedom and her ideals; she worked as a lawyer, but later was retaliated against for publishing articles online criticizing current affairs and was forced to leave the legal profession; dissatisfied with the political status quo under the CCP authorities, she published comments criticizing “one-party dictatorship,” corruption and abuse of power on online platforms for a long period, and because the content was sharp and highly targeted, she was repeatedly summoned for talks, questioned and threatened by Shanghai police; since 2019, because she extensively reposted videos and graphic materials of Hong Kong’s “anti-extradition” protests on WeChat and other social media applications, and in particular because she held an umbrella on the streets of Shanghai calling for an end to the socialist system and for the Communist Party to step down, she was criminally detained by Shanghai’s Huangpu District police on September 9, 2019, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” During this period, she was twice subjected to compulsory “psychiatric evaluations,” and was not released on bail pending trial until November 26; since the beginning of 2020, after the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic began to spread, she went to Wuhan in person to conduct on-site investigations and reporting on the epidemic in order to obtain firsthand data, undeterred by the risks; this move quickly aroused the extreme displeasure of and swift suppression by the CCP authorities; on May 14, 2020, she was taken away by Wuhan police from a hotel where she was temporarily staying, and the next day was criminally detained by police from Shanghai’s Pudong New Area on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”; on June 19, she was formally arrested by the Pudong New Area Procuratorate; on September 18, her case was transferred to the Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai; on December 28, 2020, she was sentenced by that court at first instance to four years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” with her sentence running until May 13, 2024; it is reported that her family’s requests to visit her in prison were repeatedly refused for a long period; because she went on hunger strike in protest for a prolonged period in prison, she was force-fed, leaving her in very weak physical condition. Zhang Zhan had previously been serving her sentence at Shanghai Women’s Prison. On August 25, 2024, after she went to Gansu to rescue Zhang Pancheng, she was arrested again by the authorities on August 28 and criminally detained. She was formally arrested on November 18, 2024. She was subsequently prosecuted, and her case was heard at the Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai on September 19, 2025, where the court announced its verdict：She was found guilty of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and sentenced to four years in prison. Sentence ends：August 28, 2028. She was previously detained at the Pudong Detention Center. She has now been transferred to Ward Five of Shanghai Women’s Prison.

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/2_01634634891.html

3/Yin Xu'an：Hubei human rights defender Yin Xu'an spends his 52nd birthday in enforced disappearance

（The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported）On August 27, 2026，this outlet learned：Hubei human rights defender Yin Xu'an spent his 52nd birthday today in enforced disappearance，and he has been forcibly disappeared for 382 days。Yin Xu'an has participated in rights defense efforts since 2007，and has long participated in protest actions including attending and expressing support，and has been detained、sent to reeducation through labor、and held in black jails multiple times；he has been imprisoned twice，serving a total of eight years。On August 11, 2025，he went to Beijing for medical treatment but was intercepted and sent back，after which he lost contact with others。Yin Xu'an was previously sentenced to four years and six months in prison，his condition in prison was already very poor，and after completing his sentence he was illegally detained for more than one year and four months before being released and allowed to return home，his experience can be described in four words: “life worse than death”，and his physical condition is particularly poor。Yin Xu'an suffers from a serious illness and has extremely high-risk hypertension，with his blood pressure reaching as high as 300 systolic/220 diastolic，while his coronary heart disease is severe and he urgently needs surgery。Yin Xu'an went to Beijing solely because of the seriousness of his illness and to seek medical treatment，yet the Chinese Communist authorities repeatedly intercepted him and have illegally detained him in enforced disappearance to this day，constituting a serious violation of his right to life and health。

Profile of Yin Xu'an：Born on August 27, 1974，he is from Daye City, Hubei Province，and was formerly a villager of Bao'an Town, Daye City, Hubei Province, a public-interest rights defense citizen, democrat, and political prisoner。In 2003，because he filed a complaint against the Civil Affairs Bureau of Liangzihu District, Ezhou City, Hubei Province, over its illegal registration in a dispute concerning his and his wife's divorce，the local court issued a wrongful judgment，while the provincial high court in the area failed to act，so he was forced to go to Beijing to petition in 2007；since November 2007，he has suffered repeated illegal punishment and harm by the authorities because of his multiple petitions；he was illegally detained six times and held in black jails eight times for petitioning to defend his rights and participating in actions to attend, support, and protest；in 2009，during then-U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to China，he applied to the Public Security Bureau's Public Order Corps in Beijing to hold a march and demonstration and was consequently sentenced by the Hubei authorities to two years of reeducation through labor, with his release extended by three months；during his time in reeducation through labor，he repeatedly fainted and required emergency treatment because he suffered from stage-three hypertension (extremely high risk) and various other illnesses (such as hepatitis B, cholecystitis, and gallstones)；starting in 2012，because of his rights defense work in Beijing, he began to pay greater attention to the cause of democratic and public-interest rights defense；in 2012，he actively participated in the democratic direct election of academic representatives to the 18th Party Congress and called for advancing political-system reform, abolishing the reeducation-through-labor system, and cracking down on black jails, among other causes；from July to October 2012，he was illegally detained by the authorities for 42 days because he reported and sued the local Hubei government over its illegal expropriation of land and sued the Hubei Provincial Reeducation Through Labor Committee over issues including an illegal extension and illegal elections；from 2013 onward，he began actively participating in actions to attend and express support, including the case of independent candidate Liu Ping in Xinyu, Jiangxi; the Xue Fushun incident in Qufu, Shandong; the “subversion case” of Sun Feng in Zibo, Shandong; the April 29 commemoration of Lin Zhao; the opening of the trial in the “subversion case” of Zhao Fengsheng in Hengyang, Hunan; the Zhengzhou Ten Gentlemen incident; the case of Zhang Xiaoyu in Jiaozuo; the opening of the trial in the case of veteran Fan Mugen in Suzhou, who was forcibly dispossessed of his home; and the case of rights defense activist Wang Jian, in which he and rights-defense internet users including Wang Fulei expressed support for the rights defense citizen Wang Jian, among others。On March 8, 2015，he was arrested by the authorities for forwarding via WeChat the “list of Hubei Daye City personnel stationed in Beijing to maintain stability” and was administratively detained for 15 days; on March 24, he was criminally detained on suspicion of “the crime of divulging state secrets” and was later released；on July 25, 2015，because he and rights activists including Wang Fang and Geng Caiwen wore T-shirts supporting butcher (Wu Gan) in front of the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan and took photographs that they uploaded to online media, he was taken from his home by police on July 28 and detained at the Bao'an Town police station in Daye City; on August 23 of the same year, he was placed under criminal detention；on September 26, he was arrested on suspicion of “the crime of provoking trouble”；on September 13, 2016，his case went to trial at the Daye City Court in Hubei Province, and on May 27, 2017, that court sentenced him to three years and six months in prison for “the crime of provoking trouble”；while detained, he was brutally beaten and tortured by prison guards and inmate bosses and bullies, leaving him physically and mentally devastated, and his requests to meet with a lawyer were repeatedly denied；on December 27, 2018，he was released early after a sentence reduction, but shortly after leaving prison, during the annual Two Sessions of the Chinese Communist Party, he was criminally detained by the Daye City police in Hubei Province on suspicion of “the crime of intentionally divulging state secrets” and was abused, before being released in January 2019；on May 23, 2019，Yin Xu'an petitioned to defend his rights because Yuan Qifa, secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of Bao'an Town, Daye City, and Yin Qingsong, secretary of the Party branch and village head of Jintang Village, among others, had not only forcibly surveyed collectively owned land on which the villagers of Yinsifang Bay in Jintang Village depended for their livelihood without their consent, but had also driven an excavator to the site to carry out the illegal forced expropriation, after which he suffered repeated retaliation and was again criminally detained on suspicion of “the crime of provoking trouble”；in October 2019，the Daye City Procuratorate brought his case before the local court for prosecution；on January 19, 2020，his case was tried by the Daye City Court in Hubei Province, but after being delayed for a long time, he was finally sentenced by that court on July 21, 2021, to four years and six months in prison for “the crime of provoking trouble”，with his sentence running until November 22, 2023；it is reported that his physical condition in prison was extremely poor and that he had been resuscitated several times。The second-instance judgment in Yin Xu'an's case was issued on January 28, 2022, upholding the original four-and-a-half-year sentence。He had previously served his sentence at Huangzhou Prison.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/52.html

4-6: Li Yingqiang, Dai Zhichao, and Jia Xuewei: Latest update on the Autumn Rain 106 case (August 26, 2026)

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 26, 2026, this website learned that Li Yingqiang, Dai Zhichao, and Jia Xuewei, the three individuals involved in the Autumn Rain 106 case, have been detained for more than seven months. Jia Xuewei, an assistant deacon, was formally arrested on suspicion of organizing an illegal gathering and is currently in the investigation stage. Elder Li Yingqiang and preacher Dai Zhichao were transferred to the procuratorate on July 12, 2026, on charges of “inciting subversion of state power and organizing an illegal gathering.” Lawyers recently received notice that the case had been returned for further investigation.

Biography of Li Yingqiang: Born on June 23, 1979, he is from Qingshi Town, Qichun County, Hubei Province, and is a Christian. He previously served as director of the editorial department of the magazine New Youth: Weighing and as a board member of the Chuan Zhixing Institute for Social and Economic Research. He was the founder of the former civil-society education and public-interest organization “Liren Rural Library,” an elder of the Chengdu Autumn Rain Covenant Reformed House Church, one of those involved in the major crackdown on the Chengdu Autumn Rain Church, and a Chinese prisoner of conscience. In 2007, he founded the civil-society education public-interest organization Liren Rural Library. However, as its operations continued to expand, with 22 branch libraries established in 12 provinces and cities over several years, the organization came under major pressure from the authorities starting in 2011. By 2014, multiple branch libraries had been forced to close. In September 2014, all of the organization’s branch libraries were inexplicably ordered to cease operations at the same time by multiple departments, including the Bureau of Culture, the Bureau of Education, and the Public Security Bureau. On January 3, 2010, he accepted the Gospel and became a Christian. He later felt called to devote himself to spreading the Christian Gospel, and thus began studying theology at Huaxi Covenant Theological Seminary in November 2012. After completing his studies, he was ordained an elder of Chengdu Autumn Rain Covenant Church. Because he and Senior Pastor Wang Yi and other pastors and church co-workers repeatedly engaged in street evangelism and actively promoted the “house church” model of worship, while refusing to join the “Three-Self” church administration controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, he was arrested during the authorities’ December 9, 2018, mass crackdown. On December 11, he was criminally detained by Chengdu police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and lost contact with the outside world from then on. On August 18, 2019, he was finally released on bail pending trial, but was sent back to his hometown in Hubei. He later returned to Chengdu. On September 3, 2024, while he was still serving as a pastor and conducting Sunday worship with approximately 50 believers at Autumn Rain Covenant Church, police from the Hongpailou Police Station in Chengdu’s Wuhou District again raided the gathering on the grounds that they were “engaging in religious activities without permission.” The four pastors, including him, were administratively detained for 14 days. On January 6, 2026, amid the Chinese Communist authorities’ escalating crackdown on house churches nationwide, police from the local police station suddenly raided the Autumn Rain School teaching site, forcing him to stop teaching there and immediately organize the evacuation of teachers and students from the site. Later that day, police took him into custody at his home in Deyang and searched the residence. Several other pastors of Autumn Rain Covenant Church, including those from the Chengdu and Deyang congregations—such as preachers Dai Zhichao, Yan Hong, and Wu Wuqing—as well as core co-workers, including Deacon Zeng Qingtao, Assistant Deacon Jia Xuewei, and Brother Ye Fenghua, and their family members, were also subjected to close surveillance, threats, house searches, restrictions on their personal freedom, and being cut off from contact. The following day, it was learned that he had been arrested. On February 12, his family received notice of the formal arrest, on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power.” He is currently detained at the Deyang City Detention Center.

Dai Zhichao biography: 1990, born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, a Christian, preacher at Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church, a victim of the “Early Rain Covenant Church case,” and a Chinese prisoner of conscience. During his youth, he came to believe in Jesus Christ; after graduating from university, he first sought employment in Chongqing, but soon afterward, in 2013, he enrolled in a study program at Li Ren University, headquartered in Beijing (Li Da for short, a private university in mainland China), and attended a week-long course on Christianity and Political Philosophy in Chengdu, Sichuan, becoming a student of Pastor Wang Yi; after the program ended, he returned to Chongqing to continue working, but shortly afterward felt called and resolutely resigned, going on to serve full-time at Mount Olive Reformed Church in Bazhong, in the local city of Bazhong; in August 2017, in order to better equip himself, he began studying diligently at Western China Covenant Theological Seminary in Chengdu, with the support and encouragement of Mount Olive Church. However, in March 2021, Mount Olive Reformed Church suffered a severe blow amid the Chinese Communist authorities’ harsh crackdown, and, having been banned by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, he began serving full-time as a preacher at Chengdu Early Rain Covenant Church after graduating from the seminary; the 12·9 Early Rain Covenant Church case occurred in December 2018, when more than 100 believers from the church were subjected to mass arrests and summonses by Chengdu police. He was also criminally detained for courageously writing a prayer letter for the church, until, more than three months later, he was released on bail pending trial for one year, but was then forcibly sent by police to Liangping District, Chongqing, his wife’s hometown; in July 2020, he returned to Chengdu with his wife and child; in the face of the authorities’ severe persecution of the church, he nevertheless bravely stood up to participate in church service, striving through his passionate writing, preaching, and experiences of suffering to inspire many people to come to know and accept the gospel that “Christ is Lord, and grace reigns”; however, for precisely this reason, beginning in September 2022, he was closely watched by the Chengdu authorities and placed under long-term house arrest, being intercepted whenever he left the gates of his residential compound, and was even slapped; on February 12, 2023, when he attempted to leave home to attend a worship service, he was again watched and stopped by numerous residential-compound staff members downstairs, leaving him no choice but to participate in an online service at home; but when police pounded on his door, wanting to speak with him, he clearly told them: “Use the power in your hands cautiously and stop continuing to persecute the church,” and invited the police to watch the livestream of the Sunday worship service with him; on December 9 of the same year, as it was the fifth anniversary of the 12·9 Early Rain Covenant Church case, and in order to prevent the pastors, coworkers, and believers of Early Rain Covenant Church from participating in online activities, the local authorities once again used various forms of harassment and disruption, including telephone warnings, visits to issue threats, surveillance, summonses, and cutting off electricity, and again criminally detained him on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” releasing him on bail only one month later; as the Chinese Communist authorities’ nationwide persecution and suppression of house churches escalated, on January 6, 2026, Early Rain Covenant Church once again suffered large-scale cross-regional persecution in Chengdu and Deyang, and he, church elder Li Yingqiang, and eight other pastors, coworkers, and believers were arrested, lost contact, or had their freedom restricted; he had previously been notified that he was not permitted to leave the jurisdiction of his residence. On January 6, he was taken away from the church office, and his home was searched; he has been out of contact ever since; as of now, the specific charges against most of these pastors and coworkers remain unclear, and their families have not yet received legal documents, but it is known that lawyers have become involved. He is currently being held at the Deyang City Detention Center in Sichuan Province.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/1062026826.html

7/He Guilan: Ms. He Guilan, sentenced to seven years in the Hong Kong 47 case, spends her 36th birthday in prison

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 24, 2026, this website learned that today is the 36th birthday of He Guilan, who was sentenced to seven years, and that she spent her birthday in a Hong Kong prison. In the Hong Kong 47 case, she did not plead guilty or seek leniency; on November 19, 2024, she was sentenced to seven years for conspiracy to subvert state power.

Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam biography：Female，born on August 24，1990，formerly a British Hong Kong national，currently a dual national of the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China（Hong Kong），English name：Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam，nickname“Sister Standpoint”，former reporter for Stand News、reporter for the BBC Chinese website、and special correspondent for the Taiwanese media outlet The Reporter，recipient of the Honorable Mention in the Asian Publishing Association（SOPA）“2018 Excellence in Journalism Awards—Excellence in Feature Writing”，on-the-ground reporter during Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Movement，candidate in the pro-democracy primary for the 2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council election，pro-democracy political figure，and political prisoner detained in China. She attended Kefeng Middle School in Hong Kong in her early years，then studied in the English Department of Tsinghua University；after beginning work，she subsequently studied journalism at Aarhus University in Denmark and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands；after graduating from Tsinghua University in 2011，she first worked as an intern reporter at Radio Television Hong Kong，and from the following year began working long-term as a reporter for House News（later renamed Stand News），then served as a feature reporter for the BBC Chinese website，mainly writing reports on social movements in Hong Kong and Macau；during the same period，she also worked concurrently as a special correspondent for the Taiwanese online media outlet The Reporter（regarded by the Chinese Communist authorities as a “Taiwan independence” media outlet），mainly compiling factual articles on the Anti-Extradition Movement；because her writing and speech were sharp and incisive in daily life，and she displayed a distinctive style in live interviews during the Anti-Extradition Movement，she became quite well known in Hong Kong，and was consequently soon targeted for suppression by the Chinese Communist authorities；on July 25，2020，during the Hong Kong Legislative Council election，she and more than a dozen others actively participated in the pro-democracy primary，and successfully advanced with the highest number of votes，but unexpectedly they were questioned by the Hong Kong SAR government on the grounds that they had signed a “Declaration Opposing the Hong Kong Version of the National Security Law”、sought foreign sanctions、and would veto the budget bill，among other reasons，and five days later，the candidacies of the more than 10 pro-democracy candidates were all disqualified；on January 6，2021，she and nearly 50 other participants in the pro-democracy primary were collectively arrested in a major operation by Hong Kong police for “conspiracy to subvert state power” under the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law；although they were briefly released on bail the following day，on February 28 they were again arrested by the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force on suspicion of “conspiracy to subvert state power”，with the authorities alleging that she had interviewed demonstrators occupying the Legislative Council during a live broadcast of the Anti-Extradition Movement in July 201 9，livestreamed people with triad backgrounds attacking members of the public in Yuen Long and injuring her personally，responded to the Independent Police Complaints Council's relevant report by “fabricating the truth”，and attended a gathering in Victoria Park in 2020 to commemorate June 4 organized by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China，among other allegations；on March 4，2021，her case was heard at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong，and because she refused to plead guilty and also refused bail，she was remanded in custody pending trial；on December 9 of the same year，she was tried again at the District Court of Hong Kong and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for “participating in an unauthorized assembly”，and although her sentence ended on June 9，2022，she remained imprisoned and remanded in custody on the grounds that she was a participant in the “47-person case”；on May 30，2024，in the 47-person case she was found guilty by the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts in Hong Kong of “conspiracy to subvert state power”，and was described as the most radical defendant，who had attempted to change Hong Kong's existing political system and opposed “one country， two systems”；because she refused to plead guilty and made no plea for mitigation，on November 19，2024，she was finally sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. She is currently detained at Tai Lam Centre for Women in Hong Kong.

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/74736.html

8/Du Bin：The mother of detained Beijing media professional、freelance writer、and independent documentary filmmaker Du Bin is critically ill Family's request for him to return home for a visit is rejected

（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On August 23，2026，this website learned that the mother of detained Beijing media professional、freelance writer、and independent documentary filmmaker Du Bin is critically ill，and that his family requested personnel at the procuratorate to allow Du Bin to return home for a visit，but the request was rejected. Procuratorate personnel said that there could be news of a verdict at the end of August，but that if he appealed，family members would still not be allowed to meet with him. The family believes that the prosecution is thereby coercing Du Bin into not appealing. Du Bin was scheduled to travel to Japan on October 16，2025，but was taken away by Beijing police on the day before his departure（October 15）and detained at the Shunyi District Detention Center in Beijing. When he was arrested，the suspected charge was picking quarrels and provoking trouble，while the charge in the indictment is not yet known. Du Bin's case was heard at the Shunyi District Court in Beijing on June 24，2026，but no verdict was announced in court.

Biography of Du Bin: Born in 1972, a native of Tancheng County, Linyi City, Shandong Province; a Beijing-based media professional, freelance writer, independent documentary filmmaker, “war correspondent” in the field of human rights, person convicted for his speech, and political prisoner detained in China. In his early years, he successively worked in journalism at Beijing Youth Daily, Workers’ Daily and Social Legal Weekly; beginning in 2004, he started taking news photographs for the Beijing bureau of The New York Times, and his work was published by a number of international media outlets, including the American New York Times, International Herald Tribune and Time, as well as Britain’s Guardian and Germany’s Stern magazine; however, beginning in 2011, because China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to grant him a work permit, he began working as a freelance writer and independent documentary filmmaker; because he published and independently produced numerous books and documentaries recording the living conditions and struggles of vulnerable groups in China, he came to be known as a “war correspondent” in the field of human rights; however, for precisely this reason, his writing and documentary style and whereabouts became targets of surveillance and suppression by the Chinese Communist government; in 2013, because he filmed and published in Hong Kong the documentaries Women on the Heads of Little Devils and the book Vaginal Coma: Testimonies from Survivors of Torture at the Masanjia Women’s Labor Camp, which reflected and exposed the torture and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and petitioners at the Masanjia Labor Camp in Liaoning Province, he was criminally detained by Beijing police in June 2013 on suspicion of “leaking state secrets” and held at the Fengtai District Detention Center, only to be released more than one month later; in 2014, because he published in Hong Kong the book he edited, Tiananmen Massacre, his situation in mainland China became even more sensitive, and in December 2020 he was once again criminally detained by Beijing police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” held at the Daxing District Detention Center, and released on bail after 37 days; after his release, he said in an interview with foreign media that his arrest should have been related to the authorities’ desire to investigate in detail whether he had received funds from abroad; at the detention center, he was interrogated five times in consecutive sessions, each lasting more than three hours, mainly concerning how all of his manuscripts had been published since he wrote his first book in 2007, how he had sent the manuscripts to publishers for distribution, the number of copies printed, and the actual amounts he had earned, among other matters; after repeated questioning, the procuratorate concluded that it could not find evidence, and that his financial situation and royalty income were normal, and ultimately had no choice but to release him on bail; however, he stressed that he had committed no crime and would still publish, according to the original plan, his new book Red Terror: Lenin’s Communist Experiment in January 2021; on October 15, 2025, as he was preparing to travel abroad and fly to Japan the following day, he was suddenly taken away from his rented apartment by police from the Gaoliying Police Station in Shunyi, Beijing, and has been out of contact ever since; later, after his younger sister Du Jirong made inquiries through various channels, she learned that he had been criminally detained by Beijing’s Shunyi District police on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”; on December 3, it became known that his attorney had successfully met with him and that he had been formally arrested by the Shunyi District Procuratorate, but when asked why he had been arrested and detained, the police refused to disclose details of the case on the grounds that it involved “state secrets.” He is currently detained at the Beijing Shunyi Detention Center (Nitou Village (south end), Mapo Town, Shunyi District, Beijing; postal code: 101300).

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_23.html

9/Huang Lei: Case and biography of Huang Lei, the arrested founder and pastor of Yueyang City’s Panshi Bible House Church

(Reported by the Information Center of Rights Defense Network) On August 21, 2026, this website learned of the case and biography of Huang Lei, the arrested founder and pastor of Yueyang City’s Panshi Bible House Church, and is now reporting them as follows:

Huang Lei’s résumé: A native of Yueyang City, Hunan Province; a resident of the staff residential compound of No. 3 Hospital on Nanhu Avenue, Yueyanglou District, Yueyang City; a Christian; founder and pastor of the Panshi Bible House Church in Yueyanglou District; and a Chinese prisoner of conscience. Because of his devout belief in Jesus Christ and having received a calling, he founded the Panshi Bible House Church in Yueyanglou District in his hometown on April 17, 2022, and has ministered to local believers ever since; subsequently, through the efforts and cooperation of him and his fellow pastoral workers, his church developed rapidly and its congregation grew increasingly large, after which it began to attract the authorities’ attention and face continuing repression; in 2022, after refusing to join the “Three-Self” church controlled by the Chinese Communist authorities, he was administratively detained for 15 days by Yueyanglou District police in Yueyang City on the grounds of “impersonating a religious or qigong practitioner”; on April 24, 2024, he was again administratively detained for 15 days by police on the grounds of “illegally organizing religious activities”; on July 11, 2026, the Yueyang City police mobilized multiple police units to carry out a coordinated joint roundup and intensified crackdown on his Panshi Church and multiple independent meeting points in the area, during which many of his fellow church believers and pastoral workers were arrested, while his and others’ homes or residences were searched and raided, and large quantities of Bibles, Christian books and other items were confiscated; although several believers were eventually released after lengthy interrogations, he and Hu Hongtao, a preacher at the church, and Yang Jianjun, an elder, continued to be detained; on July 27, the date on which their periods of administrative detention expired, the three were not released, but were instead placed under criminal detention by Yueyanglou District police on suspicion of the crime of “illegally using information networks”; it is reported that while these believers and pastoral workers were being detained, everyone was forcibly subjected to the collection of biometric data (namely, DNA blood samples, fingerprints, voiceprints and image recordings), and personal surveillance files were created; law-enforcement personnel also repeatedly claimed during interrogations that those detained were “members of an evil cult” simply because they refused to join the official “Three-Self Patriotic Church,” while their family members were also clearly subjected to pressure, with the authorities requiring them to sign letters of commitment prohibiting their family members from continuing to participate in house-church activities; it is further learned that since his arrest, he has completed an initial meeting with a lawyer, but his wife, Wang Ling, who has suffered from a long-term illness and originally required continuous care, must now struggle to get by with her seriously ill, bedridden mother. He is currently being held at Yueyang City No. 1 Detention Center (No. 1 Fuyi Road, Yueyanglou District, Yueyang City, Hunan Province, postal code: 414000)

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_364.html

10/Lin Shucheng: Case details and résumé of Lin Shucheng, a victim of the 10·9 Zion case who was arrested

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 21, 2026, this site learned of the case details and résumé of Lin Shucheng, a victim of the 10·9 Zion case who was arrested. They are reported as follows:

Biography of Lin Shucheng: Born in the 1990s, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan Province, a Christian, a preacher at Beijing Zion Church, a victim in the 10/9 Zion case, and a detained prisoner of conscience in China. During his university years, he studied at the School of Music of Southwest University. Although he worked briefly after graduation, in 2015 he felt a deep calling because of his faith in Jesus Christ, and thus devoted himself to theological training. He subsequently became a full-time preacher and began serving at Zion Church; during this period, he not only devoted himself enthusiastically and faithfully to the church’s evangelism ministry, but also had the good fortune to meet and marry Tao Tingting, a fellow believer, and they had two sons after their marriage. Because the Chinese Communist regime has long imposed many restrictions and controls on religious belief, and in September 2025 the Chinese authorities further issued new religious regulations specifically targeting and severely suppressing house churches unwilling to join the “Three-Self” churches, expressly prohibiting all house churches from conducting online or offline evangelism and religious worship activities. Therefore, beginning on October 9, 2025, multiple pastors, co-workers and key believers from branches of Beijing Zion Church across the country were raided by the Chinese authorities; nearly 30 people were summoned by police, lost contact or criminally detained, while worship and meeting venues of the churches were sealed and their property searched, and the families of some co-workers were threatened and harassed. On October 11, he was also arrested at his home in Chengdu, Sichuan, in a joint operation by Chengdu police and Beihai City police, and his home was searched. Although more than a dozen people were subsequently released one after another, 18 Zion Church pastors and co-workers, including him, were formally arrested together by police in Yinhai District, Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on November 18, 2025, on suspicion of “illegally using an information network.” On June 18, 2026, after his case had undergone three criminal investigations by the Yinhai District police in Beihai City, nine pastors and co-workers were finally released on bail pending trial, while he and eight other church leaders—Jin Mingri, Wang Lin, Gao Yingjia, Liu Zhenbin, Yin Huibin, Wu Qiuyu, Wang Cong (female) and Wang Zhong—remained in continued detention, and the charges against them were changed to “illegal business operations” and “fraud,” before the case was transferred to the Yinhai District Procuratorate of Beihai City for review and prosecution. On July 4, Pastor Jin Mingri was finally released and flew to the United States to reunite with his family amid diplomatic efforts between the United States and China, while the other eight pastors and leaders remained unreleased. On July 17, the eight were formally indicted by the Yinhai District Procuratorate of Beihai City; among them, six were shown as having been indicted on suspicion of “fraud.” At present, the cases of the eight have been transferred to the Yinhai District Court and have entered the trial stage. It is reported that when he was arrested, his wife was already pregnant, and their third child was born on June 4. His wife, children and parents are hoping and calling on the government to release him as innocent as soon as possible so that he can return home to care for his wife and three young children. He is currently detained at Beihai No. 2 Detention Center (Pingyang, Gaode Town, Yinhai District, Beihai City, Guangxi Autonomous Region; postal code: 536005).

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/109.html

11/Doji Tashi: Tibet Autonomous Region prison seriously and illegally prevents lawyers and family members from visiting Tibetan entrepreneur Doji Tashi, who was sentenced to life imprisonment

(Report by the Information Center of Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch) On August 21, 2026, this website learned that the International Tibet Support Movement organization recently reported: “The Tibet Autonomous Region prison has seriously and absurdly violated the law by preventing the lawyer representing Doji Tashi’s appeal from meeting with him, and has deprived Doji Tashi’s family members of their visitation rights for as long as six years.” Gong Baoji, the older sister of Tibetan entrepreneur Doji Tashi, who was framed and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Chinese Communist authorities, continues to appeal his case and plead his innocence in front of the Tibet High Court. The Tibet Autonomous Region prison has prevented lawyer Wang Fei from meeting with Doji Tashi on absurd grounds. The authorities, citing the negative impact caused by speaking out online, have deprived Doji Cidan and his two older sisters of the right to visit Doji Tashi. The well-known Tibetan entrepreneur Doji Tashi, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Chinese authorities in 2008 on trumped-up charges, has been imprisoned for 18 years. His family members have appealed and pleaded his innocence in front of the Tibet Autonomous Region High Court for many years. The regional prison deprived Doji Tashi’s family of visitation rights for six years, and now it has also deprived his lawyer representing his appeal of the right to meet with him.

Biography of Doji Tashi: Male, born on October 25, 1973, Tibetan, a native of Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province; formerly a deputy to the 11th People’s Congress of Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, president of the Tibet Shenhu Group, chairman of the board of directors of Tibet Shenhu Industrial Development Co., Ltd., and executive director of Tibet Shigatse Oasis Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. On July 11, 2008, he was criminally detained by the Lhasa Municipal Public Security Bureau on suspicion of the crime of funding criminal activities endangering national security. On August 19 of the same year, the Lhasa Municipal Procuratorate approved his arrest on suspicion of bribery. On June 3, 2009, the Lhasa Municipal Procuratorate brought him to trial on charges of loan fraud. On May 17, 2010, the Lhasa Intermediate Court sentenced him to life imprisonment at first instance for loan fraud. The petitioner, dissatisfied with the verdict, filed an appeal seeking acquittal. On July 26, 2010, the Tibet Autonomous Region Higher Court issued a second-instance ruling rejecting the appeal and upholding the original verdict. He is currently detained at the Lhasa Qushui County Prison.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_21.html

12/Zhang Zhongshun: Zhang Zhongshun, a participant in the “Xiamen Citizens’ Gathering case” sentenced to four and a half years and a human rights defender, spends his 59th birthday in prison

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 20, 2026, this website learned that August 19, 2026, was the 59th birthday of Zhang Zhongshun, a participant in the “Xiamen Citizens’ Gathering case” and a human rights defender who was sentenced to four years and six months for “subversion of state power” and “illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.” He spent his 59th birthday in prison. Zhang Zhongshun was sentenced to four years and six months in 2024 for participating in a gathering in Xiamen; he is currently serving his sentence at Jiteng Prison in Shandong Province.

Profile of Zhang Zhongshun: Born on August 19, 1967, he is from Penglai, Shandong Province. He is a human rights defender, a graduate of the Fudan University–University of Hong Kong IMBA program, a former teacher at Yantai University, an independent thinker, and a participant in the “12·13 Xiamen Gathering case.” In 2007, while teaching at the School of Economics and Business Administration at Yantai University, he cited video footage of the 1989 June Fourth Incident while teaching the class “Public Ethics.” After being reported by a student’s parents, he was secretly arrested by police from Laishan District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, on August 24 of that year. His home was searched. On August 28, he was criminally detained on suspicion of the crime of using a cult to undermine implementation of the law and was sent to the Jinan Armed Police General Hospital (Jinan Xinkang Prison) for detention. On September 30, 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of “using a cult organization to undermine implementation of the law” and detained at the Yantai City Detention Center. On February 28, 2008, he was sentenced to three years in prison by the Laishan District Court of Yantai City on the same charge. After he appealed, the Yantai Intermediate Court upheld the original verdict on second instance. On August 12 of the same year, he was sent to a prison in Shandong Province to serve his sentence. He was released from prison in February 2010 and was dismissed from his official position by Yantai University in March. The house in which he lived was forcibly demolished. In early December 2019, more than 20 rights defense lawyers and human rights defenders, including Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, gathered in Xiamen; Zhang Zhongshun was one of the participants. As a result, on December 26, 2019, he was placed under residential surveillance by the Chinese Communist authorities’ “12.13 special task force” on suspicion of “subversion of state power,” and was released nearly six months later. Subsequently, because he provided testimony to the defense lawyers for Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, Zhang Zhongshun was placed under residential surveillance for a second time by Yantai police in Shandong on September 23, 2022, on the same charge in the same case, and his residence was searched again. On January 9, 2023, Zhang Zhongshun was transferred to the Linshu County Detention Center in Linyi City, Shandong, and criminally detained. In April 2024, he was tried in secret by the Linyi Intermediate Court, which did not notify his family in advance. In November 2024, he was sentenced to four years and six months by the Linyi Intermediate Court of Shandong for “subversion of state power” and “illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.” In December 2024, he was transferred to Jiteng Prison in Shandong Province.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/459.html

13/Wang Zhong: Father of Elder Wang Zhong, who remains detained in the Zion Church case, dies without seeing his son again

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 20, 2026, this website learned that, after a long period of waiting and concern, the father of Elder Wang Zhong passed away peacefully in recent days, without getting to see his son again. The elderly father had always been concerned about his son, who was being detained. Since Elder Wang Zhong’s arrest and prolonged detention, his father had always hoped that one day he would be able to see his son again, that the case would receive a just resolution as soon as possible, and that the family would be reunited. However, this simple yet profound wish was ultimately not fulfilled. When the old man died, Elder Wang Zhong was still being detained and was unable to return to his father’s side, see his father for the last time, or personally accompany him through the final journey of his life.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_20.html

14/Ding Jiaxi: Prominent human rights defender Ding Jiaxi, sentenced to 12 years, spends his 59th birthday in prison

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 17, 2026, this website learned that today, prominent human rights defender Ding Jiaxi, who was sentenced to 12 years, spent his 59th birthday in prison. Mr. Ding Jiaxi has long promoted the citizens’ movement and has been sentenced twice, for a cumulative total of 15 years and six months. He is currently serving his sentence at Jiangbei Prison in Hubei. According to information disclosed by his wife, Luo Shengchun, Ding Jiaxi continues to face restrictions in prison on time outdoors, purchasing books, correspondence with family members, family video calls, and other matters. His mailing address: Prison Administration Section, Jiangbei Prison, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province For Ding Jiaxi Postal code: 434110

Profile of Ding Jiaxi: Born on August 17, 1967, in Yichang, Hubei Province. He was formerly an engineer at the Shenyang Aviation Industry General Corporation and the Beijing Aviation Industry General Corporation. He previously served as a member of the Corporate Restructuring Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association, a member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League, secretary-general of the Beihang Entrepreneurs Association, director of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Zhongguancun International Software Incubator Association, and in other positions. He was formerly director of Dehong Law Firm, a prominent human rights lawyer, one of the organizers and coordinators of Beijing’s New Citizens Movement, and a Chinese political prisoner. Since 2010, he actively participated in efforts to promote educational equality for “children accompanying migrant parents to take the national college entrance examination locally.” On December 9, 2012, he and Xu Zhiyong, Sun Hanhui, Wang Yonghong and others issued an open letter to Xi Jinping, the newly appointed general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and other senior Chinese Communist Party leaders, demanding that 205 Chinese officials at or above the ministerial level, including Xi Jinping, take the lead in disclosing their assets. They also widely solicited more than 8,000 citizen signatures. These activities touched the Chinese Communist Party’s fragile and sensitive nerves, and on April 17, 2013, Beijing police placed him under criminal detention on suspicion of “illegal assembly” and held him at Beijing No. 3 Detention Center. On May 21 and November 4, 2013, Beijing police successively changed the charges against him to “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and “the crime of gathering a crowd to disrupt social order.” On January 27, 2014, the Beijing authorities opened his trial on the charge of “gathering a crowd to disrupt social order.” However, in view of serious violations of the law during the trial and the fact that the proceedings were clearly unfavorable to the outcome of the case, he had no choice but to announce in court that he was terminating the engagement of his defense lawyers, forcing the court to announce an adjournment and set another date for the verdict. On April 18, 2014, after a retrial by Beijing’s Haidian District Court, he was finally sentenced to three years and six months in prison for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place,” and was subsequently sent to Qianjin Prison at Chadian Station in Tianjin to serve his sentence. On October 16, 2016, he was released after completing his sentence. In December 2019, because he had attended a private gathering held in Xiamen, Fujian Province, by multiple dissidents from various places (later referred to by the authorities as the “Xiamen Gathering Case”), on December 26 of the same year he was taken from a friend’s home by Shandong police and was later placed under residential surveillance at a designated location by Yantai police as the principal offender in the “Xiamen Gathering Case.” On June 19, 2020, police in Linshu County, Linyi City, formally arrested him on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” On August 5, 2021, the Linyi Municipal Procuratorate indicted him on the charge of subversion of state power and transferred the case to the Linyi Intermediate People’s Court for trial. It is reported that during his secret detention, he suffered brutal torture, including being deprived of sleep for 73 consecutive days, being forced to “sit on the tiger bench” for eight consecutive days (an extreme form of torture), being subjected for six months to abuse involving only noise and 24-hour exposure to fluorescent lights, being prohibited from bathing and brushing his teeth for long periods, and even being deprived of the right to eat. On April 10, 2023, the Chinese Communist Party authorities sentenced him to 12 years in prison and deprived him of political rights for three years, with his sentence running until March 21, 2032. He had previously been detained at the Linshu County Detention Center in Shandong Province. He was dissatisfied with the judgment and appealed, but the second instance rejected the appeal and upheld the original judgment. He has now been transferred to Hubei Jiangbei Prison. Jiangbei Prison is located at No. 228 Jiangbei Avenue, Jiangling County, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, postal code 434110, telephone 0716-4781198. His rights in prison continue to be violated and deprived.

Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/1259.html

Nine years! August 2017—August 2026, prominent human rights lawyer Mr. Gao Zhisheng has been forcibly disappeared for15/Gao Zhisheng: Nine full years! This website strongly demands that the Chinese Communist Party authorities immediately return Gao Zhisheng’s freedom and strongly calls on the governments of all democratic countries and the international community to take action for Mr. Gao Zhisheng’s freedom

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 13, 2026, this website learned that prominent human rights lawyer Mr. Gao Zhisheng, who was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese Communist Party authorities in August 2017, has remained completely unheard from for nine full years, and his fate and whereabouts are unknown. In recent years, human rights defenders around the world have also repeatedly jointly launched globally coordinated actions to search for lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who was forcibly disappeared. The Rights Defense Network today again strongly calls on the governments of all democratic countries and the international community to take action for Mr. Gao Zhisheng’s freedom. Lawyer Gao Zhisheng is a prominent human rights lawyer in mainland China, known for his uprightness and unyielding courage. Having endured brutal torture without submitting, lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been forcibly disappeared for as long as nine years. To this day, the Chinese Communist Party authorities have provided no legal procedures or explanation, and his circumstances and safety have caused great concern among people in China and abroad. Human rights advocates around the world are asked to continue acting together for lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s freedom.

Gao Zhisheng biography：Born on April 20, 1964, he is from Jia County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. He is a renowned human rights lawyer, was once selected by China’s Ministry of Justice as one of the “Top Ten Lawyers in China,” has been hailed as “China’s conscience,” and is a dissident and imprisoned prisoner of conscience in China. Since 1996, he has represented vulnerable groups in rights-protection lawsuits and handled numerous civil rights cases. Since the end of 2004, he repeatedly submitted letters to senior Chinese Communist Party authorities, demanding that they change their illegal methods of handling groups including Falun Gong, and participated in investigations into allegations that the authorities were harvesting organs from Falun Gong practitioners while they were alive. In November 2005, he and his wife publicly announced their withdrawal from the Chinese Communist Party. Because he had the courage to defend people in cases deemed sensitive by the authorities (Note: including Falun Gong believers, Christians, and ordinary farmers and private entrepreneurs involved in disputes with officials), he was repeatedly subjected to serious harassment and retaliatory persecution by the Chinese Communist authorities using gangland methods. In August 2006, the authorities revoked his practicing license and secretly abducted him, subjecting him to nearly four months of torture. On December 22, 2006, he was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, by the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court for “inciting subversion of state power.” On February 4, 2009, he suddenly disappeared; he was not released and returned to Beijing until April 2010. Afterward, because he accepted an interview with the Associated Press, he again disappeared, and it was not until December 16, 2011, that his family learned from a Xinhua News Agency report that he had been imprisoned and arrested by a Beijing court and made to continue serving a sentence of two years and seven months. On August 7, 2014, he was released after completing his sentence, but after his release he remained under house arrest in his hometown of Yulin in northern Shaanxi. Because he had suffered prolonged torture and inhuman mistreatment in solitary confinement while in prison, his teeth fell out and his health deteriorated. He requested dental treatment and medical care, but was continually refused. In June 2016, because he had secretly written the book 2017, China, Rise Up, which was formally printed and sold in Taiwan, and because the book mainly addressed three topics—the Chinese Communist authorities’ long-term abduction, imprisonment, and torture of him; his belief-based view that the Chinese Communist Party would perish in 2017; and his vision for China’s future constitutional democratization after 2017—the Chinese Communist authorities became extremely fearful and angry and tightened their surveillance of him further. On August 13, 2017, Gao Zhisheng, with the help of Shanxi rights activists Li Fawang, Shao Zhongguo, and others, escaped from his hometown in Shaanxi to hide in Shanxi and prepare to see a dentist, but on August 19 he was found and taken away by police. In addition, there has been no news of Gao Zhisheng, and the authorities in Beijing, Shaanxi, and Shanxi have all denied detaining him. It has now been exactly nine years since Gao Zhisheng’s lawyer was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese Communist authorities in August 2017. The Chinese Communist authorities have neither tried nor sentenced Gao Zhisheng, have made no response or explanation whatsoever to inquiries from his relatives, and have completely ignored the attention and protests of the international community. The Chinese Communist authorities’ violations of lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s human rights have reached a wanton and deranged level. Gao Zhisheng’s current secret place of detention is unknown, and it is unclear whether he is alive or dead.

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/2017820268.html

16/Qin Yongmin：Renowned democracy activist and human rights campaigner Qin Yongmin, sentenced to 13 years, will spend his 73rd birthday in prison; to date, he has spent a cumulative 33 years and 7 months in Chinese Communist prisons

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 11, 2026, this publication learned that August 11, 2026, is the 73rd birthday of Mr. Qin Yongmin, a renowned democracy activist and human rights campaigner sentenced to 13 years, who has to date spent a cumulative 33 years and 7 months in Chinese Communist prisons. On July 11, 2018, Qin Yongmin was again sentenced to 13 years for subversion of state power. This was the fourth time he had been sentenced, bringing his cumulative prison terms to 35 years. He is currently serving his sentence at Guanghua Prison in Qianjiang, Hubei Province.

Biography of Qin Yongmin：Born on August 11, 1953, he is from Ezhou, Hubei Province. In his early years, he was an employee at the cold-rolling mill of Wuhan Iron and Steel Company in Hubei Province. He is a renowned independent political scholar and freelance writer, an important founder of the Hubei Provincial Party Branch of the China Democratic Party, chairman of "China Human Rights Observer" (registration pending), head of the "Rose China Team," a renowned human rights activist, and a Chinese political prisoner. Since 1970, he has been illegally arrested and detained by the Chinese Communist authorities 45 times, for a cumulative total of more than 22 years; he is known as "the conscience of China." In 1976 and 1978, he attracted the authorities' attention and displeasure for participating in the "April Fifth" Movement and independently launching the Wuhan Democracy Wall Movement, founding the democratic publication Bell Sound, and participating in promoting the establishment of the National Association of Independent Journals. In 1981, he was illegally abducted by the authorities for founding publications and continuing to actively explore the path toward establishing a democratic political party in China. In March 1982, he and more than 10 national leaders of the Democracy Wall Movement were sentenced by the authorities to eight years in prison on charges of "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." In April 1989, he was released after completing his sentence. In 1993, he expressed dissenting views on the 1989 June Fourth Tiananmen Incident, opposed Beijing's bid to host the Olympics, held an international press conference in Beijing, and publicly debated Wu Chongyuan, an official in charge of China's Olympic bid committee, arousing the authorities' extreme displeasure. On November 14, 1993, he was arrested by Wuhan police and sentenced to two years of reeducation through labor for drafting and launching the Peace Charter movement in Beijing and proposing the strategic ideas of "national reconciliation, human rights above all, benign interaction, and peaceful transition." In June 1997, he actively helped establish the "China Human Rights Observer" organization and served as its chairman, and from March 1998 to 1999 released more than 450 reports on China's human rights situation to the international community. In September 1998, he was criminally detained by Wuhan police on suspicion of "subversion of state power" for actively organizing the Hubei Provincial Party Branch of the China Democratic Party and serving as its spokesperson. He was later sentenced to 12 years in prison on the same charge and deprived of political rights for three years, and served his sentence at Hanyang Prison in Hubei Province. On November 29, 2010, he was released after completing his sentence. In 2011, he was subjected to another severe crackdown by the authorities for resuming the work of "China Human Rights Observer," publishing more than 200 human rights reports, and launching multiple campaigns to assist victims of political persecution (including Liu Xiaobo, Wang Bingzhang, Li Wangyang, Gao Zhisheng, Liu Benqi, Cao Shunli, and others). In less than one year, he was summoned 25 times, administratively detained and illegally detained more than 10 times, and had his home raided more than 10 times. In 2013, together with rights-defending citizens Liu Xinglian, Pan Lu, and others, he established the online channel "Rose China Team," proposing the 16-character service mission of "national reconciliation, human rights above all, benign interaction, and peaceful transition." At the same time, he continuously published open letters to Xi Jinping, the newly appointed general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, suggesting that the Chinese Communist Party initiate a dialogue mechanism between the government and the opposition, carry out political system reform, pursue a peaceful transition, achieve democratic constitutional government, and calling for the establishment nationwide of a broad united constructive opposition. He was again subjected to a forceful crackdown. In December 2013, while passing through Henan to attend to personal matters and intending to travel to Beijing to continue matters related to his registration application, he was abducted back to Wuhan by police from the Qing山区 branch of Wuhan's Qingshan District and was administratively detained for nine days. He was subsequently kept under close surveillance and forbidden to leave Wuhan. In January 2014, he and more than 100 founders again jointly launched and formally applied to register "China Human Rights Observer," and he served as its first chairman of the board. However, by July 2015, the organization's registration applications had been rejected by Beijing's Ministry of Civil Affairs for various reasons. On January 9, 2015, he was again arrested by Wuhan State Security officers and police from the Xingouqiao police station in Qingshan District, ostensibly because he had "accepted too many interviews with foreign media and written too many articles." His wife was also taken away that same day, and he has been out of contact ever since. In August 2015, he was placed under residential surveillance at a designated location by Wuhan police in Hubei Province on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power." On June 17, 2016, he was again indicted by the Wuhan Municipal Procuratorate on the charge of "subversion of state power." The trial opened on the morning of May 11, 2018, and concluded on the morning of May 12, 2018. The Qin Yongmin case was finally publicly adjudicated on the morning of July 11, 2018, in Courtroom No. 3 of the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court. Qin Yongmin was sentenced to 13 years in prison for subversion of state power and deprived of political rights for three years. He appealed the ruling, but after a second-instance decision by the Wuhan Intermediate People's Court, the original judgment was upheld, with his sentence running until January 20, 2028. He was previously held at the Wuhan No. 2 Detention Center under the secret code 701. He is currently serving his sentence in the Tenth Ward of Guanghua Prison in Qianjiang, Hubei Province.

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/1372-337.html

17/Li Yuanfeng： The case of Hunan human rights defender Li Yuanfeng (legal name Li Weizhong) was heard at the Yiyang Intermediate People's Court on August 13, 2026

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 14, 2026, this website learned that the case of Hunan human rights defender Li Yuanfeng (legal name Li Weizhong) was heard at 9 a.m. on August 13, 2026, at the Yiyang Intermediate People's Court. No verdict was announced in court.

Li Yuanfeng biography：His original name was Li Weizhong; his online names are Yuan Ye Zhi Feng and Yuan Feng. He was born on April 12, 1970, and is from Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province. He is an independent journalist, human rights defender, and Chinese prisoner of conscience currently in detention. For a long time, because he was skilled at writing and often focused on conducting on-site investigations into rights-defense incidents, independently writing commentaries and interviews with ordinary people, and using sharp language, he was popular among people concerned about social hot-button issues; however, because he exposed rights-defense incidents and social injustice, he was viewed by the Chinese Communist authorities as a stability-maintenance target requiring close monitoring and suppression. On October 10, 2024, he was suddenly taken away by Hunan police on an unspecified charge, while his Twitter and Facebook accounts also stopped updating on the same day. He has been unreachable ever since, and it was later learned that he had been placed under administrative detention for 15 days; on October 26, 2024, the date his administrative detention was due to end, Hunan police instead criminally detained him on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”; on November 13, 2024, police changed the charge again and placed him under residential surveillance at a designated location on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” The arrest of Li Yuanfeng clearly highlights the Chinese Communist Party’s continued suppression of independent media and dissenting voices, further infringing on citizens’ right to know.

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/2026813.html

18/Chen Pinlin： Chen Pinlin, documentary maker of Urumqi Middle Road about the White Paper Movement who was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months, spends his 35th birthday in prison

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On August 9, 2026, this website learned that on August 8, 2026, Chen Pinlin, documentary maker of Urumqi Middle Road about the White Paper Movement who was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months, spent his 35th birthday in prison. On November 27, 2023, on the first anniversary of the White Paper Movement, he uploaded the documentary Urumqi Middle Road to the internet and was arrested the following day; on January 6, 2025, he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble.

Chen Pinlin biography：His online name is Plato. He is the documentary maker of Urumqi Middle Road about the White Paper Movement. He was born on August 8, 1991, and is from Xiapu County, Fujian Province. During the three years in which Xi Jinping’s government implemented its frenzied zero-COVID policy, the daily lives and freedoms of the Chinese people suffered serious infringement. A major fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang, then completely ignited the public’s dissatisfaction with the epidemic-prevention policies. On November 26, 2022, when Shanghai residents spontaneously gathered in the streets to mourn their compatriots who had died in the fire, no one expected that this mourning activity would trigger nationwide protests against the epidemic-prevention policies. Chen Pinlin filmed a large amount of video at the scene in Shanghai and produced the documentary Urumqi Middle Road. The documentary recreated the process and scenes of the “White Paper Movement,” in which members of the public spontaneously took part in mourning the victims of the Urumqi fire and which subsequently evolved into demands to lift the lockdown and the presentation of political demands. Around the first anniversary of the White Paper Movement (late November 2023), Chen Pinlin uploaded the documentary to the internet. Less than a week later, on November 28, 2023, he was arrested, and his Twitter and YouTube channels were deleted. It is reported that a young woman was also arrested with him; she later obtained bail, but Chen Pinlin was criminally detained. He was subsequently formally arrested by the Baoshan Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau on January 5, 2024, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” and was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution on February 18. The Chen Pinlin case was brought by the Baoshan District Procuratorate of Shanghai before the Baoshan District People’s Court of Shanghai for public prosecution on April 3, 2024. According to the indictment, on the night of November 26, 2022, Chen Pinlin used his mobile phone on Urumqi Middle Road in Shanghai to film and save video materials from the scene of the “11.26” incident. In September 2023, he began producing the complete retrospective documentary Urumqi Middle Road on the first anniversary of the White Paper Movement; it was completed on November 27 and promoted through multiple overseas platforms, with its Twitter views reaching 210,000. He was accused of “knowingly disseminating fabricated false information on information networks, causing serious disruption to public order; reposting and quoting insulting remarks about national leaders, damaging the image of the country and seriously endangering national interests.” The first-instance trial was held at the Baoshan District People’s Court of Shanghai on January 6, 2025, after which he was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months. Sentence ends on：May 27, 2027. Chen Pinlin is currently detained at the Baoshan District Detention Center in Shanghai.

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/3635.html

19/Ren Jianping： Ren Jianping, who was sentenced to 10 years in the “Wall-Pushing Alliance case,” spends his 62nd birthday at Yongchuan Prison

(China Human Rights Defenders Information Center report) August 5, 2026: Mr. Ren Jianping, who was sentenced to ten years in prison yesterday, spent his 62nd birthday in prison. Ren Jianping is a principal initiator of the “Push the Wall Grand Alliance.” On April 24, 2019, he was arrested by Chongqing police; on March 20, 2023, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime of subversion of state power; he has been subjected to torture in prison for refusing to confess guilt and for seeking rights for other prisoners. He is currently detained at Yongchuan Prison in Chongqing. Ren Jianping’s health had already deteriorated at Yongchuan Prison, where he was found to have serious heart problems. Because Ren Jianping refused to confess guilt and defended the rights of detainees in the same prison area, he was retaliated against last summer by the deputy head of the second prison area at Yongchuan Prison, where he had previously been detained. The retaliation included physical punishment and beatings, verbal abuse, and destruction of his English-language books. Teacher Ren wrote to the regulatory authorities to lodge a complaint and was transferred from the second prison area to the strict-management prison area shortly afterward. It is now learned that Teacher Ren’s health has deteriorated: he has been found to have serious heart problems, needs to wear very thick clothes to keep warm even in weather that is not cold, and is listless. Before entering prison, Ren Jianping was very optimistic and had almost no health problems. Ren Jianping’s prison term is 10 years, with more than two years remaining before completion. We appeal to the outside world to pay greater attention to his situation.

Biography of Ren Jianping: Born on August 4, 1964, originally from Mianyang, Sichuan Province; a citizen residing at No. 22, A2, Nanfang Xiangxieli residential community, Shapingba District, Chongqing; a pro-democracy activist; a principal initiator of the “Push the Wall Grand Alliance (LTDW)”; a victim in the “Push the Wall Grand Alliance case”; and a Chinese political prisoner. At the end of 2017, because he was committed to pursuing a path toward democratic constitutional government in China, he joined forces and cooperated with numerous participants in China and abroad, actively planned and established a Twitter group, and on April 4, 2018, named the Twitter group the “Push the Wall Grand Alliance (LTDW) @LTDW2025.” Its stated purpose was to “uphold the concepts of modern democratic politics, overthrow dictatorship and autocracy, and adhere to the principle of rational resistance; join hands and advance together in alliance; and strive to achieve freedom, democracy, human rights, and constitutional government in China,” and “pushing the wall” meant “overthrowing the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.” Because his “push the wall” ideas and propositions quickly received the support and response of numerous Twitter users in China and abroad, more than 200 people soon joined, and more than 10 “push the wall” subgroups, including the “Democracy Group,” “Freedom Group,” and “N5 Group,” rapidly emerged. Because he and numerous group members actively participated online in multiple rights-defense and pro-democracy events and disseminated various human rights and pro-democracy messages to enlighten the general public, they were exposed by the Chinese Communist Party’s online trolls, causing the authorities to become extremely nervous and angry about the information and sensitive information they disseminated. As this touched the interests of those in power and the authoritarian ideology they promoted, the authorities classified it as a major and important case and conducted a secret investigation into the participants. On April 24, 2019, during the large-scale arrests in the “Push the Wall Grand Alliance case,” he was taken from his home by police from Shapingba District, Chongqing; his home was searched; and the next day he was criminally detained on suspicion of “inciting the subversion of the state government” and sent to the Shapingba District Detention Center in Chongqing. On May 7 of the same year, police formally arrested him on the same charge. On March 31, 2020, he and four other members of the China Democracy Party were indicted by the local procuratorate as co-defendants in the “Push the Wall Grand Alliance case,” on suspicion of “subversion of state power.” They were accused of using online social media groups to publish large quantities of statements endangering national security and the socialist system, inciting people to commemorate June 4, hyping sensitive current events inside China, attacking the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership and its current political system, insulting Party and state leaders, and inciting the overthrow of the Chinese Communist regime. The “subversion” case against the five was subsequently transferred by the procuratorate to the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court for review. The trial opened on November 25, 2020, but was unsuccessful, and was repeatedly postponed. On March 20, 2023, the case was finally adjudicated collectively by the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court under the charge of “subversion of the state government.” The five people received prison terms ranging from 4 to 10 years. Ren Jianping, because of his status as the initiator, received the harshest sentence: 10 years in prison and four years’ deprivation of political rights, with his term ending on April 23, 2029. It is reported that because the Chongqing authorities have kept information about the case under tight restriction and intimidated the families, the arrests, sentencing, and physical and mental health conditions in prison of the five people have remained completely unknown. He is currently serving his sentence at Yongchuan Prison in Chongqing. Source of information:https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/1062.html

20/Zhang Yi: Wuhan citizen Zhang Yi was formally arrested on July 28, 2026, on suspicion of “inciting secession of the state”; currently detained at the Lhasa City Detention Center

(China Human Rights Defenders Information Center report) August 5, 2026: This website learned that Wuhan citizen Zhang Yi was criminally detained by the Lhasa Municipal Public Security Bureau on July 18, 2026, on suspicion of “inciting secession of the state,” and was formally arrested on the same charge on July 28. He is currently detained at the Lhasa City Detention Center.

Biography of Zhang Yi：Born in 1965， a native of Wuhan, Hubei Province， he previously studied at the School of Law of Wuhan University’s School of Adult Education， and in 1989 was an electrician at the Wuhan Water Supply Company， a democratic dissident， former volunteer of the Wuhan Mutual Aid Association（group），rights-protection citizen， human rights defender， and Chinese political prisoner. Because Zhang Yi participated in the “1989 Democracy Movement”， he was subsequently arrested by the authorities and sentenced to two years for “the crime of gathering a crowd to disrupt traffic order”， and was sent to Hongshan Prison to serve his sentence； he suffered torture in prison， resulting in permanent deafness in one ear； after his release， because he continued to hold dissenting views and persisted for many years in commemorating “June 4” and defending citizens’ rights， he was placed by the Wuhan authorities under重点 stability-maintenance monitoring； in June 2018， he was placed under administrative detention by Wuhan police for distributing online a photograph of “Liu Xiaobo’s cenotaph” and planning related commemorative activities； on December 30 of the same year, he was violently intercepted and beaten by police from Wuhan’s Dongxihu District and Changqing Garden police station at the entrance to the parking lot beside the “Luo Yutou” restaurant on Lijiang Road in Wuhan’s Hanyang District for refusing to cooperate with the public-security “national treasure” in meeting “stability-maintenance requirements”， jointly carried out by the police from Wuhan’s Dongxihu District and Changqing Garden police station； during the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020， as a volunteer of the Wuhan Mutual Aid Association（group） and in accordance with the principle that the group aimed to provide assistance to the families of Wuhan victims， he bravely gave multiple interviews to foreign media， actively called for the rescue of Fang Bin（Fang Bin（CPPC number：00868）， who was secretly sentenced to three years for filming a video of the number of deaths in hospitals during the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan）， and voiced support for rights-protection family members such as Zhang Hai who had been arrested. As a result, he was warned、 admonished and threatened by police more than ten times， to the extent that the Wuhan authorities once sought to collect information on him and frame him for “financial fraud”， in order to silence him； during this period, his son Zhang Hongyuan also faced the risk of arrest for helping his father give interviews to foreign media and filming videos of public protests against the lifting of lockdowns， causing his son to be forced to leave China alone in April 2023 and travel to the Netherlands to seek political asylum； in June 2026， he planned to travel to Tibet and Xinjiang， but was again refused a border pass by the Exit-Entry Administration， and after repeatedly negotiating with them， he was ultimately permitted to travel； on July 1, 2026， while he and his younger brother Zhang Xuan were traveling in Lhasa， both were suddenly taken away by police from Lhasa’s Chengguan District； his younger brother was released after making a statement at the police station， but he was placed under administrative detention for 15 days， allegedly because, while visiting Sera Monastery， he wanted to borrow a prostration mat from a Tibetan person but, because they could not communicate due to the language barrier, displayed a photograph of the Dalai Lama to the person on his phone， which unexpectedly came to the attention of police and led to his being taken away soon afterward； on July 18， the 17th day of his detention， his younger brother received a telephone call from Lhasa police saying that he had been criminally detained on suspicion of “incitement”， asking the family to transfer living expenses for him， and saying that the detention notice would be mailed to his family home in Wuhan a few days later； the family later received the detention notice， which showed that Zhang Yi had been criminally detained by the Lhasa Public Security Bureau on July 18, 2026, on suspicion of “inciting the crime of splitting the country” and was being held at the Lhasa Detention Center。

Source of information：https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/08/2026728.html

21/Yang Zewei： The founder of the Demolition Wall Movement and news media professional Yang Zewei（online name Qiao Xinxin）， who was seized across borders by the Chinese Communist authorities and later sentenced to five years, spends his 40th birthday in prison

(Rights Protection Network Information Center report) On August 4, 2026， this website learned that: recently, Yang Zewei（online name Qiao Xinxin）， the founder of the Demolition Wall Movement and news media professional who was seized across borders by the Chinese Communist authorities and later sentenced to five years, spent his 40th birthday in prison。 On May 31, 2023， on the eve of the 34th anniversary of June 4， Yang Zewei was suddenly seized across borders by Chinese police； it was later learned that, with the joint cooperation of a local community leader and Laotian police， he had been brutally abducted by Chinese police and had been out of contact ever since， and it was later confirmed that he had been taken back to Hengyang, Hunan, and was being held at the Hengyang City Juvenile Detention Center in Hunan。 Yang Zewei was approved for arrest by the Hengyang Procuratorate on July 7, 2023， and the charge against him was “the crime of inciting and subverting state power”。 It was later learned that he was sentenced to five years at first instance， and was transferred to Chishan Prison in Hunan in September 2024 to serve his sentence。 He suffered torture in prison。

Biography of Yang Zewei：Online name Qiao Xinxin， born on August 3, 1986， from Qidong County, Hengyang, Hunan Province， a Chinese citizen residing in Laos， news media professional， former employee of a news media organization in Guangzhou， former Southeast Asia-based special correspondent for Radio Free Asia， initiator of China's Anti-Firewall Movement (BanGFW)， writer and promoter of the “Anti-Firewall Handbook”， overseas pro-democracy activist， and Chinese political prisoner。 During university， he was deeply shocked after watching a three-hour film about the June 4 massacre， and thereafter frequently came into contact with Americans and worked part-time at a U.S. cultural center in China， in order to understand and experience the falsity and evil of Chinese propaganda； after graduating from university， he worked as a journalist in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, and therefore actively took advantage of his profession to frequently attend cultural lectures at the U.S. Consulate General； he attended a viewing event for the 2012 U.S. presidential election and read an English-language Hong Kong daily newspaper for a year， enabling him to learn more information at odds with official Chinese news reports， and deeply understand and appreciate the importance of truthful news reporting； when the Chinese Communist Party began building the Great Firewall of China from the late 1990s (Great Firewall， abbreviated as GFW)， implementing an internet border censorship system， he experienced firsthand the trouble caused by the firewall's restrictions on his and other Chinese people's access to information when using mobile phones and computers in China； he later moved to Laos to live and learned ten languages； as China gradually became the world's largest electronic prison， and, in the name of maintaining stability, spent as much as $6 billion annually to build the internet firewall， blocking 310,000 websites worldwide, including Google、Twitter、YouTube、BBC、 and CNN， leaving Chinese people able to access only brainwashing messages from the Chinese Communist Party， and, in recent years, as China exported firewall technology to Russia、Iran、Myanmar、Cambodia and other countries， forcing more than a billion people each day to hate the United States、oppose Japan、 and attack Taiwan for no reason， thereby causing unending global conflicts， he accordingly began working to promote the emerging concept of the Anti-Firewall Movement (BanGFW) in multiple countries， calling on everyone to hold up signs and post messages； in March 2023， he and other overseas pro-democracy activists launched the Anti-Firewall Movement and released the “Anti-Firewall Handbook”， seeking support from all sectors of the international community in order to achieve the goal of submitting the principal officials of the Chinese Communist Party responsible for establishing and operating the firewall to the International Criminal Court in The Hague； on June 3, 2023, it was learned that, on May 31, 2023, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of June 4, he was suddenly seized in a cross-border operation by Chinese police； it was later learned that, with the cooperation of local overseas Chinese community leaders and Lao police, he had been brutally kidnapped by Chinese police and had been out of contact ever since， and it was subsequently confirmed that he had been taken back to Hengyang, Hunan, and detained at the Hengyang City Juvenile Detention Center in Hunan。 Yang Zewei was arrested by the Hengyang City Procuratorate on July 7, 2023， on the charge of “inciting subversion of state power”。 On October 10, 2024, it was learned that he had been sentenced to five years in the first instance， with his sentence running until May 30, 2028， and that he had been transferred to Hunan Chishan Prison in September 2024 to serve his sentence。 He has been subjected to torture in prison。