Case Details and Biography of Ms. Geng Jiqiu, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Da'an City, Baicheng, Jilin Province, Sentenced to 5 Years
(Rights Defense Network Information Center report)On June 29, 2026, this website learned of the case details and biography of Ms. Geng Jiqiu, a Falun Gong practitioner from Da'an City, Baicheng, Jilin Province, who was sentenced to 5 years, and they are now reported as follows:
Geng Jiqiu:A female Falun Gong practitioner from Da'an City, Baicheng, Jilin Province, born in 1966, aged 60 in 2026。 She was formerly an employee of the Da'an Vegetable Oil Factory。 She began practicing Falun Gong in November 1997。 During the Chinese Communist Party's long-term persecution, Geng Jiqiu was the Falun Gong practitioner in Da'an City who was abducted the most times and detained for the longest period, and has received cumulative prison sentences totaling 16 and a half years。 In 2003, Geng Jiqiu was sentenced to 13 years。 In 2020, Geng Jiqiu was sentenced to a second term of 3 and a half years by the Da'an City Court。 She suffered from uterine cancer and was subsequently detained in Jilin Province Women's Prison, where the persecution continued, and her health deteriorated severely。 Geng Jiqiu was subjected to torture, including brutal force-feeding and injections of unidentified drugs, at the detention center and Jilin Province Women's Prison, and at one point was persecuted to the point of mental breakdown, with her life in critical danger。
Ms. Geng Jiqiu was arrested by police on June 3, 2025, while distributing Falun Gong materials in a rural area, and was subsequently detained at the Baicheng Detention Center。 At the end of June 2026, it was learned that she had been secretly sentenced to 5 years, and fined 10,000 yuan。 Her sentence runs until:June 2, 2030。
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- https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/06/5_01738730334.html
- Original publication
- Jun 29, 2026
- Retrieved
- Aug 30, 2026
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