The Case of Hunan Human Rights Defender Li Yuanfeng (Legal Name: Li Weizhong) Will Be Tried at the Yiyang Intermediate People’s Court on August 13, 2026

（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On August 10, 2026，this website learned：the case of Hunan human rights defender Li Yuanfeng（legal name: Li Weizhong）will be tried at 9 a.m. on August 13, 2026, at the Yiyang Intermediate People’s Court。

Li Yuanfeng’s profile：His original name is Li Weizhong，and his online names are Wind of the Wilderness and Yuanfeng，born on April 12, 1970，he is from Yuanjiang, Yiyang, Hunan Province，an independent journalist，human rights defender，and a Chinese prisoner of conscience。

For a long time，because he was adept at writing，often focusing on on-site investigations of rights-defense incidents，independently writing current-affairs commentaries and civilian interviews，and using sharp language，he was well-liked by people concerned about social hot-button issues；however，because he exposed rights-defense incidents and social injustice，he was regarded 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 unspecified charges，and his Twitter and Facebook（Facebook）accounts also stopped updating on the same day，after which he became unreachable，and it was later learned that he had been placed under 15 days of administrative detention；October 26, 2024，the date on which his period of administrative detention ended，he was instead criminally detained by Hunan police on suspicion of 「picking quarrels and provoking trouble」；on November 13, 2024，the police changed the charge again，placing him under residential surveillance at a designated location on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power。Li Yuanfeng’s arrest clearly highlights the Chinese Communist Party’s continued suppression of independent media and dissenting voices，and citizens’ right to know has suffered further infringement。

This website will continue to follow Li Yuanfeng’s situation in prison。