Case Details and Biography of Ms. Xu Nixia, a 69-Year-Old Shanghai Falun Gong Practitioner Sentenced to 2 Years

(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On October 12, 2026, this website learned of the case details and biography of Ms. Xu Nixia, a 69-year-old Shanghai Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to 2 years. The information is now reported as follows:

Xu Nixia: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Shanghai, born in April 1957, aged 69 in 2026. Her registered residence is in Songnan Subdistrict, Baoshan District, Shanghai. She began practicing Falun Gong in the summer of 1997. After the Chinese Communist Party authorities began their frenzied persecution of Falun Gong in July 1999, Xu Nixia was arrested and detained multiple times. She was sentenced twice, serving a total of seven years in prison as a result of wrongful convictions. She was also held in brainwashing centers and detention centers, and forced to live away from home.

Xu Nixia was arrested on May 13, 2025, by police from the Domestic Security Brigade of the Baoshan Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, and was subsequently held at the Baoshan Detention Center. She was later placed under criminal detention, had her arrest approved, and was indicted. On October 9, 2026, the Jing’an District Court in Shanghai held a hearing in her case and sentenced her to 2 years in prison and a fine of 15,000 yuan. Xu Nixia has appealed. Her sentence ends on: May 12, 2027.