Case details and biography of Ms. Zhang Xiuzhen, a 60-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Nanchong, Sichuan, sentenced to four years
(Rights Defense Network Information Center report) On November 2, 2026, this website learned of the case details and biography of Ms. Zhang Xiuzhen, a 60-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Nanchong, Sichuan, who was sentenced to four years. The information is reported as follows:
Zhang Xiuzhen: A female Falun Gong practitioner from Nanchong, Sichuan, born in 1966 and aged 60 in 2026. She is from Yilong County, Nanchong, and previously worked at a local public institution. She began practicing Falun Gong in 2007.
Zhang Xiuzhen has been sentenced twice for practicing Falun Gong. On March 15, 2007, she was taken into criminal detention; she was detained again in 2012. On April 24, 2016, she was arrested while distributing Falun Gong materials and was later sentenced to one year and six months in prison. On September 21, 2019, she was detained for 14 days. On February 8, 2020, Zhang Xiuzhen was again arrested and her home was ransacked by state security police from Gaoping District. She was later sentenced to two years and served her sentence at the Longquanyi Women's Prison in Sichuan. She was subjected to torture and abuse in prison.
On December 28, 2025, while distributing Falun Gong materials on Chenshou Road in Jialing District, Nanchong, she was followed, arrested, and detained by police. She was subsequently placed under criminal detention, formally arrested, and indicted. In May and July 2026, the Jialing District Court held two hearings in her case; on October 22, 2026, she was sentenced to four years in prison. Her sentence ends on: December 27, 2029.
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