Christian house-church preacher Ju Dianhong from Yun County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, sentenced to 13 years, spends her 55th birthday in prison

（Rights Defense Network Information Center report）On May 10, 2026， this outlet learned： Ju Dianhong, a Christian house-church preacher from Yun County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province, who was sentenced to 13 years by the Chinese Communist Party, celebrated her 55th birthday in prison today。 This is the 10th birthday Ju Dianhong has spent in prison。 She was arrested on October 21, 2016； on December 28, 2017， she was sentenced to 13 years for the crime of organizing and using a cult organization to undermine the implementation of the law。

Ju Dianhong： Female， born on May 10, 1971， from Linjiang City, Jilin Province， Christian， a preacher at a Christian house church in Yun County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province， a victim of the Yun County church case， and a detained prisoner of conscience in China。

Since 2015， because she and several others had been preaching Christianity and developing believers in the form of house churches in multiple locations across Yunnan Province， their influence gradually grew， prompting the Yunnan authorities of the Chinese Communist Party to become alert and fearful， and they soon formed the 2016 “YN3﹒15 Three Grades of Servants cult organization project” to launch a severe crackdown and persecution against its principal members；

On October 21, 2016， she and dozens of others were uniformly arrested and criminally detained by police in Yun County, Lincang City, in the “large-scale arrests in the Yun County church case”。 They were held at the Linxiang District Detention Center in Yun County, Lincang City， while her residence was also searched and multiple preaching materials, leaflets, mobile phones, computers, and other items were confiscated；

On November 25 of the same year， she and five others were formally arrested on suspicion of “using a cult organization to undermine the facts of the law”。 They were accused of “holding secret gatherings, preaching scripture and developing believers in multiple prefectures and cities in Yunnan Province; continuing to promote and proclaim the doctrine of the end of the world; training organizational cadres; creating conditions and providing convenience for secret preaching and gatherings; and rebuilding the ‘Three Grades of Servants’ organizational system, among other acts”， which were deemed illegal acts, and she was regarded as the principal defendant in the Yun County church case；

On December 28, 2017， she was given a heavy sentence of 13 years in prison by the Yun County Court of Yunnan Province at first instance for “organizing and using a cult organization to undermine the facts of the law”， and fined 150,000 yuan； she appealed because she disagreed with the verdict； after the second-instance ruling， the original judgment was nevertheless upheld, with her sentence running until October 20, 2029；

It is reported that she has maintained that freedom of belief exists and that belief is not a crime， and has said that she does not believe in a cult and that all her books can also be purchased at the officially recognized “Three-Self” churches。

She is currently serving her sentence at the First Women’s Prison of Yunnan Province（Kunyang Town, Jinning County, Kunming City; postal code: 650600）.