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Beijing rights activist Shen Bingze detained for more than half a month over organizing civic gatherings; situation remains unclear
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report dated October 5, 2026, says Beijing rights activist Shen Bingze has been detained for more than half a month since police took him on September 18. He was reportedly detained for organizing a monthly civic gathering and photographing participants at Beijing’s Jishuitan. Police also took and questioned multiple participants on September 18 and the following two days. Shen’s situation remains unclear.Lawyer Representing Tibetan Entrepreneur Dorje Tashi, Sentenced to Life Imprisonment, Again Denied Visit
Lawyer Wang Fei, representing Tibetan entrepreneur Dorje Tashi, was again denied a request to visit him in prison. A recently released recording of a phone call captures prison staff referring to information posted online that had caused an “impact.” Wang said Tashi’s family had been unable to visit him normally for years and demanded a written explanation for the refusal. The International Campaign for Tibet reported in August 2026 that the family’s visitation rights had been denied for six years.Jing Fengyun, a Falun Gong practitioner in her seventies from Siping, Jilin Province, sentenced to four years, has endured prolonged torture in Jilin Women’s Prison
Jing Fengyun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Siping, Jilin Province, returned home on September 11, 2026, after serving a four-year sentence. Arrested in Changchun in September 2022, she was sentenced by the Kuancheng District Court on April 28, 2023, and transferred to Jilin Women’s Prison. The report says prolonged torture, including forced sitting on a small stool, caused deep infected wounds and left her health very weak.Feng Zhenghu: Breaking Out of the “Procedural Dead Loop”: 55 Pudong Farmers Who Lost Their Land Confront Legal Flaws in the Supreme People’s Court Ruling with Assistance from the AI Zhenghu Case-Review Team (No. 11 in the Series on Chinese Farmers Who Lost Their Land and Seek to Defend Their Rights Lawfully)
A report says 55 farmers in Shanghai’s Pudong New Area have disputed compensation for homes and land expropriated in 1992, with the claimed amount reaching 355 million yuan. After seeking a written response from local authorities, they challenged the Shanghai government’s refusal to accept their reconsideration application, but courts rejected their claims as repeated petition handling. With help from the AI Zhenghu Case-Review Team, they prepared a legal analysis alleging five flaws in the Supreme People’s Court ruling and are seeking oversight.Case Details and Profile of Du Likun, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Handan, Hebei, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Du Likun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Handan, Hebei, born in 1984, was sentenced to five years in prison in September 2026, with her term running until January 2031. Arrested with her husband and mother on February 19, 2025, she was detained for about seven months and released on bail on September 14. The Feixiang District Court took her into custody on August 19, 2026.Pastor Cao Sanqiang: Medical Treatment in Prison (II)
The writer says prisons may withhold serious diagnoses to avoid medical-parole requests and the risks of managing terminally ill inmates. He describes alleged corruption around medical parole, an inmate who died after his family declined to take him, and restrictions on prisoners’ correspondence, including letters being withheld. He says his monthly family visits and calls were generally upheld, but urges that Pastor Wang Yi receive his rights and access to a lawyer.Yang Rongli, Shanxi Linfen Golden Lampstand House Church Leader and Preacher Sentenced to 15 Years, Celebrates Her 68th Birthday in Prison
Yang Rongli, leader and preacher of the Linfen Golden Lampstand House Church in Shanxi Province, turned 68 in prison on October 3, 2026, according to the report. After the church refused to join the Three-Self Church, she was sentenced to seven years in 2009 and released in 2016. Arrested again in August 2021 on suspicion of fraud, she was sentenced to 15 years in June 2025 and transferred to Taiyuan No. 3 Prison later that year.Case details and profile of Hong Guangyu, former Beijing Science and Technology News reporter and media professional detained on criminal charges
Hong Guangyu, a former Beijing Science and Technology News reporter who focused on food safety and science education, was detained on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. He had spoken out for Dalian cherry growers whose trees died after they used agricultural supplies sold by Dalian Dianlong Agricultural Supplies Sales Co., Ltd. A judicial appraisal put losses above 50 million yuan. Dalian police took Hong in Xiamen on September 18, 2026; he is held at Dalian Detention Center.Pastor Cao Sanqiang: Medical Treatment in Prison
The writer, who spent four and a half years in Kunming Prison, says prisoners generally are not told examination results and describes medical parole for terminally ill inmates. They say Wang Yi’s health is confidential and, according to people familiar with the matter, his family has visited him only five times in more than seven years. The writer urges Chengdu Prison to allow family visits and respect prisoners’ rights.Open Letter from Early Rain Covenant Church Regarding “Information Circulating Online Recently About Pastor Wang Yi’s Health”
Early Rain Covenant Church said it could not confirm reports that Pastor Wang Yi had become ill or establish his current health, citing restrictions on family visits and communication. Wang was sentenced to nine years in December 2019 and is serving his sentence at Jintang Prison in Chengdu. The church called on prison authorities to allow normal family contact, provide accurate medical information and ensure timely treatment, and urged continued public attention.Case Details and Profile of Zheng Deliang, Falun Gong Practitioner from Suining, Sichuan, Sentenced to 2 Years
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report dated October 3, 2026, says Zheng Deliang, a Falun Gong practitioner born in 1966 who lives in Gouqiao Village, Yongxing Town, Suining, Sichuan, was sentenced to two years by the Chuanshan District Court on July 8, 2026. Police arrested him and ransacked his home on January 6 over his refusal to sign a house demolition contract. His sentence ends January 5, 2028. In 2015, he was sentenced to three years after an arrest.Case Details and Profile of Ms. Liu Dequn, a Falun Gong Practitioner in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, Sentenced to 4 Years
Liu Dequn, a Falun Gong practitioner in her sixties who lived in Honghuagang District, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, was arrested on May 9, 2023, while speaking about Falun Gong at Chuntianbao vegetable market. She was held at Zunyi City No. 2 Detention Center and later criminally detained, formally arrested and indicted. In September 2026, it was learned she had been sentenced to four years. She is held at Guizhou Province No. 1 Women’s Prison, with her sentence running until May 8, 2027.Rights Defense Network: Analysis of New Policies and Regulations: The CAC Launches a Special Campaign to “Clean Up the Chaos of Fake Personas in Short Videos” — Rectifying Personas Must Not Become a New Shackle on Freedom of Expression
The Cyberspace Administration of China launched a two-month nationwide campaign on September 30, 2026, targeting fake personas in short videos, including fabricated hardship, disability and relationship stories used to attract traffic or sell goods. The article supports action against fraud and deceptive profit-making but warns that vague standards and platform enforcement could suppress legitimate expression, especially by vulnerable people, and calls for clear rules, appeals and a focus on organized fabrication.Case Details and Biography of Yan Wenju, Chongqing Fengjie County Rights Defender Sentenced to 4 Years and 6 Months
Yan Wenju, a rights defender from Fengjie County, Chongqing, was sentenced to four years and six months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and sent to Chongqing Daping Prison. The report says she had challenged seizures of her family’s contracted land and previously served prison terms of one year and two months and two years and six months. Detained in September 2024 while hospitalized, she was arrested in October. Her sentence ends March 8, 2029.On the 77th Anniversary of the Founding of the CCP, Chinese Expatriate in Japan Yang Caiying’s Tearful Indictment of China’s Petitioning System: Does Xi Jinping’s Promised Community of Shared Future for Humanity Include My Elderly, Weak, Sick and Disabled Family Members?
Yang Caiying alleges that Jiangsu authorities persecuted her family for more than a decade after they challenged land expropriation and sought the return of 1.3 million yuan. Her parents, Yang Guoliang and Xu Dongqing, and sister Yang Li were detained, beaten and denied medical care, she says. Xu died on May 25, 2026, while Yang, who has kidney failure, continues to face restrictions on dialysis and treatment.Case Details and Profile of Fu Juan, a Fellow Worker at Xi'an Abundant Christian Church Sentenced to 3 Years and 6 Months
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report says Fu Juan, a fellow worker and preacher at Xi'an Abundant Christian Church, was sentenced by the Baqiao District Court to three years and six months for fraud. She was detained in August 2022, formally arrested in March 2023, released on bail in April 2025, and taken back into custody in November 2025. She is serving her sentence at Shaanxi Women’s Prison, with her term due to end December 5, 2026.Nanjing Rights Activist Su Li, Who Was Arrested, Sentenced to Probation and Released
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report said on October 1, 2026, that Nanjing rights activist Su Li had been sentenced to three years’ probation and released several months earlier. Police took her from her home on September 1, 2025, and she was later criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” The report said she had been held at Nanjing Detention Center and now has lung cancer.Feng Zhenghu: The Judicial Predicament of Procedural Deadlock and the Breakthrough in Remedies — Legal Analysis and Key Points for Oversight in the “Pudong Land-Lost Farmers’ Application for Performance of Duties Case” (Series on Land-Lost Farmers’ Lawful Rights Protection in China, Part 10)
A report examines a case involving Shi Kehua and 54 other land-lost farmers in Pudong, Shanghai, who asked the Pudong New Area Government to perform its duty to protect their property rights. Their application, submitted on December 13, 2021, received no response. The Shanghai municipal government rejected their reconsideration application, and courts dismissed their challenges, including the Supreme People’s Court in December 2025. The report argues the dispute concerns a procedural duty to respond and recommends procuratorial supervision.Pastor and preacher An Yankui of Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church placed under 15 days of administrative detention for “organizing illegal religious activities”
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that preacher An Yankui, pastor of Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church, was taken from his home by the Taiyuan Public Security Bureau at about 10:30 a.m. on September 29, 2026, on suspicion of organizing illegal religious activities. His wife, Yao Congya, was told the next day that he had been placed in administrative detention for 15 days. In 2022, An was sentenced to one year in prison for illegally crossing national territory.Application by Lawyer Qin Weijin to the Ministry of Justice for Administrative Reconsideration
Qin Weijin has asked the Ministry of Justice to overturn the Guangxi Department of Justice’s August 20, 2026 decision revoking his lawyer’s practice certificate. He says the decision followed his completed sentence of two years and six months for picking quarrels and provoking trouble, an offense he describes as unrelated to his legal work. He also seeks restoration of his practice qualification and referral of a challenge to the legal basis for revocation for constitutional review.Feng Zhenghu: Commentary on the Application for Administrative Supervision in the Case of Pudong, Shanghai, Landless Farmers Seeking Performance of Duties (Ninth Report in the Series on Landless Farmers in China Defending Their Rights According to Law)
Shi Kehua and 55 other Pudong farmers say compensation disputes following the 1992 requisition of their homes and land remain unresolved. They report that the Pudong New Area government did not answer their 2021 request to perform its duties, and that subsequent reconsideration and lawsuits were rejected. In April 2026, they asked the Shanghai Municipal People’s Procuratorate to seek retrial supervision, arguing their claim for a written reply is distinct from the compensation dispute.Beijing Jiaquan Church September 4 Case: Hundreds of Police Raid Church’s 20th Anniversary Celebration; Pastor Zhou Zixun and a Total of Eight Pastors and Church Workers Criminally Detained on Fraud Charges
On September 4, 2026, more than 100 police surrounded about 50 people preparing for Beijing Jiaquan Church’s 20th-anniversary celebration in a hotel conference room. Pastor Zhou Zixun and seven church workers were later criminally detained on fraud charges, according to an open prayer letter by Choi Jin-young, Zhou’s wife. Choi said she has been unable to enter China for three years and urged people to pray for those detained.Yu Wensheng: Administrative Reconsideration for Xu Yan’s Right to Work
On September 28, 2026, Yu Wensheng accompanied Xu Yan as her representative to the Ministry of Justice’s Administrative Reconsideration Filing and Registration Office and submitted an application challenging the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice’s notice of non-acceptance of her legal professional qualification application. The ministry received the materials and accepted Xu Yan’s reconsideration application but gave her neither written acknowledgment of receipt nor a notice of acceptance.Case Details and Profile of Jin Zhimei, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Lufeng County, Chuxiong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, Sentenced to Five Years
Jin Zhimei, a Falun Gong practitioner from Yunnan Province, was arrested at her home on the evening of March 25, 2026, by state security officers from Lufeng County and Guandu District, Kunming, and held at Lufeng County Detention Center. She was later criminally detained, formally arrested and indicted. In September 2026, a local court sentenced her to five years in prison after a hearing without notifying her family. Her sentence ends March 24, 2031.Pastor and preacher An Yankui of Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church taken from home by Taiyuan Public Security Bureau on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities”
Taiyuan Xuncheng Reformed Church said preacher An Yankui was taken from his home by the Taiyuan Public Security Bureau around 10:30 a.m. on September 29, 2026, on suspicion of “organizing illegal religious activities.” An previously faced police questioning and detention over the church’s worship activities and was sentenced in 2022 to one year in prison and fined 5,000 yuan for “illegally crossing the national border.”
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