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Hunan Zhuzhou citizen and democracy activist Cheng Xiaofeng, sentenced to 3 years and 6 months, has been transferred to Hunan Chishan Prison to serve his sentence

By Weiquan Information CenterPublished Aug 3, 2026

((Rights Defense Network Information Center report))On August 3, 2026,this outlet learned:Cheng Xiaofeng, a Hunan Zhuzhou citizen and democracy activist sentenced by the authorities to 3 years and 6 months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” has been transferred to Hunan Chishan Prison to serve his sentence。

On July 6, 2024,Cheng Xiaofeng was criminally detained by the Hetang Branch of the Zhuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”,He was subsequently formally arrested,and held at the Zhuzhou City Detention Center in Hunan。In August 2026, it was learned that Cheng Xiaofeng had been transferred to Hunan Chishan Prison to serve his sentence。

Profile of Cheng Xiaofeng:Online alias David,a citizen of Zhuzhou, Hunan。Cheng Xiaofeng was formerly a criminal police officer with the Zhuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau,After exposing corruption within the police, he was retaliated against,and subsequently resigned to engage in civic activities。He is an upright person who is enthusiastic about public welfare,Because of his long-term involvement in promoting social justice, he became a dissident,and a leader of rights-defense activities in Zhuzhou。He once organized netizens to raise relief funds for the family of a fellow activist who had died。

After the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020,Cheng Xiaofeng publicly questioned the authorities’ COVID-19 testing and vaccine policies,In August 2021,Cheng Xiaofeng submitted an Application to Oppose the Demonstration Against Coercive or Disguisedly Coercive Vaccination to the Zhuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau,Afterward, he and his family were threatened and harassed by government personnel,In response, Cheng Xiaofeng issued a public statement online:“As long as the government does not stop coercive or disguised coercive vaccination, I will not stop resisting for a single day. Even if I face imprisonment, I will not hesitate.”。He was repeatedly summoned for questioning by the Zhuzhou police,and Zhuzhou national security officers once went throughout the country collecting so-called “criminal” evidence against Cheng Xiaofeng。

In December 2021,Li Tiantian, a Chinese-language teacher at a primary school in western Hunan’s Xiangxi,was warned by the local education bureau and police station for publicly voicing support for the Song Gengyi incident on Weibo,and was threatened with being sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment。The matter attracted public attention,and Cheng Xiaofeng once traveled to Xiangxi together with 709 lawyer Xie Yang to show support for Li Tiantian。

Because of his participation in activities for social justice over many years,on July 6, 2024, Cheng Xiaofeng was finally criminally detained by the authorities on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”,He was subsequently formally arrested,and held at the Zhuzhou City Detention Center in Hunan。In January 2026, Cheng Xiaofeng was sentenced by the authorities to 3 years and 6 months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”,with his sentence running until:January 5, 2028。In August 2026, it was learned that Cheng Xiaofeng had been transferred to Hunan Chishan Prison to serve his sentence。

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