Case Details and Biography of Ms. Niu Guifang, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Shenbei New District, Shenyang, Liaoning, Sentenced to 1 Year and 6 Months
（(Report by the Rights Defense Network Information Center)）On August 9, 2026， this website learned of the case details and biography of Ms. Niu Guifang, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shenbei New District, Shenyang, Liaoning, who was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months， and the details are hereby reported as follows：
Niu Guifang：A female Falun Gong practitioner from Shenbei New District, Shenyang， born on January 23, 1960， and aged 66 in 2026， she lives in Qianzhandun Village， Hushitai Subdistrict （formerly Hushitai Town）， Shenbei New District, Shenyang。In March 1998， she began practicing Falun Gong， and during the Chinese Communist Party's ongoing persecution of Falun Gong for more than two decades， she was sentenced to three years in prison by public security, procuratorate, and court personnel in Shenbei New District in 2012， and suffered brutal persecution in the Masanjia ward of Liaoning Women's Prison。When she completed her three-year wrongful imprisonment and walked out of the prison gates on July 19, 2015， her vision had become blurred and she was unable to walk steadily。
On August 27, 2025， Niu Guifang was violently arrested at home by police from the Hushitai Town Police Station。 She was subsequently criminally detained、 formally arrested、 and indicted。 After two court hearings， it was learned in August 2026 that Niu Guifang had been sentenced to one and a half years in prison。 Her sentence ends on：February 26, 2027。
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