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Case Details and Profile of Ms. Hu Xiaoyun, a Falun Gong Practitioner in Hengyang, Hunan, Sentenced to Seven Years
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Hu Xiaoyun, a Falun Gong practitioner and retired Hengyang Shoe Factory employee in Hengyang, Hunan, was arrested by the Shigu District Public Security Bureau on March 31, 2024. The Zhengxiang District Court sentenced her to seven years in prison and fined her 30,000 yuan on December 31, 2025. The Hengyang Intermediate People’s Court upheld the judgment in April 2026.Case Details and Profile of Ms. Zhang Hongjie, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Linghe District, Jinzhou, Liaoning, Sentenced to Two Years
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on May 30, 2026, that Zhang Hongjie, a Falun Gong practitioner from Linghe District, Jinzhou, Liaoning, was arrested and had her home ransacked on August 14, 2025. She was detained at Jinzhou Women’s Detention Center. Following a Linghai Court trial on November 10, 2025, she was sentenced to two years and transferred to Liaoning Women’s Prison on May 21, 2026.Update on the Beijing Zion Church “10·9” Case (May 29, 2026)
In the Beijing Zion Church “10·9” case, 18 pastors and co-workers have been detained for 233 days in Beihai, Guangxi, on suspicion of illegally using information networks. Lawyers learned on May 26 that Pastor Jin Mingri was transferred to the procuratorate, without formal family notification; no transfer information has been received for the other 17. Families report overcrowding, heat-related illnesses, inadequate medical care and nutrition, severe emaciation, and restricted communication and Bible access.Case Details and Biography of Zhou Zixian, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Hengyang, Hunan, Sentenced to 8 Years
Zhou Zixian, a Falun Gong practitioner and retired Hengyang Petroleum Company employee from Hengyang, Hunan, was arrested on March 31, 2024, after participating in audio-recording activities and related online groups. Police searched his home and seized electronic devices and other items. On December 31, 2025, the Zhengxiang District Court sentenced him to eight years in prison, ending March 30, 2032, and fined him 30,000 yuan.Renowned human rights lawyer Xie Yang, sentenced to 5 years, transferred to Chishan Prison to serve his sentence
Human rights lawyer Xie Yang was sentenced by the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court on March 23, 2026, to five years in prison for “inciting subversion of state power,” based on WeChat statements, and had 100,000 yuan in property confiscated. He waived his right to appeal and was transferred from Changsha No. 1 Detention Center to Chishan Prison on May 20 to serve his sentence.Chen Shuqing: Another Collision with the Capacity for Structural Self-Correction
Chen Shuqing, a Hangzhou resident, says the Gongshu District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau refused to process his retirement after excluding prison-service periods from his 24 years and four months of contributions. After administrative review upheld the decision, he filed a lawsuit and on May 29, 2026, asked the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Justice to review and abolish Document Zhe Ren She Han [2010] No. 358.Chen Yunfei: Statement on Going into Hiding and Fleeing
Xiao Min and Chen Xueyong were summoned on April 5, 2026, for holding a Qingming Festival moment of silence. Xiao was summoned during an Early Rain Covenant Reformed Church retreat on April 17–18. Huang Xiaomin was summoned on May 7 and May 12 over activities in Xipu, Pidu, including a memorial for petitioners. The author said authorities repeatedly questioned their participation and organisation, and announced plans to hide before June 4.Open Letter from the Families of the 18 Detained Church Workers in Beijing Zion Church’s “10·9 Case” to Comrade Yang Zhenggen, Procurator General of the People’s Procuratorate of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Other Leaders
Families of 18 Beijing Zion Church workers, including Pastor Jin Mingri, wrote to Guangxi Procurator General Yang Zhenggen seeking review of their detention. They said the workers were detained in October 2025 over alleged illegal use of information networks and have been held for more than 200 days despite the charge carrying a maximum three-year sentence. The families requested release, restored procedural rights, lawyer access, improved care and case updates.Famous mainland Chinese human rights defender Dong Guangping flees China by rubber boat and lands in South Korea; this website calls on relevant United Nations bodies and international human rights organisations to provide urgent attention and rescue
Chinese human rights defender Dong Guangping, 68, arrived in South Korea on May 25, 2026, after travelling from China by rubber boat. South Korean Coast Guard officials said a Chinese national matching his surname and birth year was detained in Taean on suspicion of violating immigration law. His lawyer, Kim Jukwang, confirmed the detention. Dong has previously fled to Thailand, attempted to reach Taiwan, and entered Vietnam before being repatriated or detained.Li Qiaochu: A Small Episode in the Marriage Application Process 01
On May 20, 2026, the Donggang District People’s Court of Rizhao City called the author about materials mailed after an online administrative filing concerning Lunan Prison’s alleged retention of a revised letter. The author said the filing had been marked “review unsuccessful” under a Supreme People’s Court interpretation and, on February 9, requested a written ruling on non-acceptance. The court said the matter was outside its jurisdiction and offered to return the materials, which the author refused.Li Qiaochu: A Small Episode in the Marriage Application Procedure 02
On May 23, 2026, the author published a Weibo article about being questioned by Qilu Evening News after discussing difficulties applying for marriage registration and later being unable to appeal its restriction. On May 25, Weibo said the post might contain undesirable information concerning sensitive social affairs, while denying active platform handling. The author also said Meipian banned them from posting for 30 days and questioned the lack of explanation or appeal channel.The Case Against Pastor Zhang Sen, Pastor Chang Shun and Elder Ma Tao of Anhui Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church, Suspected of “Organizing Illegal Gatherings,” to Be Tried from June 9 to 12, 2026
The case against Pastor Zhang Sen, Pastor Chang Shun and Elder Ma Tao of Anhui Fuyang Maizhong Reformed Church, suspected of “organizing illegal gatherings,” is scheduled for hearing from June 9 to 12, 2026. Authorities raided the church on June 29, 2025, detained Chang and Ma, and arrested Zhang on July 9. In October 2025, all three were transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution.The second-instance hearing in the case of Jiangsu Lianyungang citizen Wu Qiang, sentenced to one year in the first instance, will be held behind closed doors on June 5, 2026
Wu Qiang, a Lianyungang, Jiangsu, video blogger known for addressing social and livelihood issues, was detained on April 11, 2025, on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble after reposting a video alleging possible fraud in a sewage treatment project. Sentenced to one year on March 20, 2026, he appealed. His second-instance hearing is scheduled behind closed doors for June 5, 2026.Urgent Attention: Yang Caiying: My Mother Xu Dongqing Was Persecuted to Death, and My Father Was Violently Beaten
Yang Caiying said her mother, Xu Dongqing, died at 6:25 a.m. on May 25, 2026, after alleged persecution by the Chinese Communist Party. She said her uncle, Xu Liuhong, repeatedly struck her father, Yang Guoliang, with a chair at the mourning hall in Jintan District, leaving him unconscious and seriously injured. Caiying said police refused repeated calls for assistance, while Yang received emergency treatment at a hospital.Xie Yanyi: Justice Is the Best Security Check—Report on the First Hearing of a Human Rights Lawyer’s Lawsuit Against Railway Security Checks
Xie Yanyi said he sued China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd., and Tianjin Station of China Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd. in Beijing’s Haidian District Court over an alleged illegal security inspection at Tianjin Station on September 13, 2025. At the May 25, 2026 hearing, attorney Li Xiongbing submitted a witness statement. After Xie objected to a sole-judge hearing, the court decided to form a collegial panel and reschedule.Former Xinjiang Institute of Technology lecturer Ms. Li Xianghong sentenced twice to a total of 14 years for practising Falun Gong, dismissed from public employment and deprived of her pension, living a difficult life
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on May 25, 2026, that Li Xianghong, a 63-year-old former lecturer at the Xinjiang Institute of Technology, was sentenced twice to a total of 14 years for practising Falun Gong. Dismissed in 2001, she lost her service recognition, pension contributions and later pension. After cancer treatment and heart surgery costing over 100,000 yuan, Li now lives alone without income.Case Details and Biography of Di Jianchao, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan Province, Sentenced to Four Years
Di Jianchao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan Province, was arrested by Kunming police on July 15, 2025, and detained at the Guandu District Detention Center. On April 30, 2026, the Wuhua District People’s Court sentenced him to four years in prison and fined him 6,000 yuan. His sentence runs until July 14, 2029. He had previously served prison terms in 2004 and 2014.Niu Tengyu’s Mother: The Niu Tengyu Wrongful Conviction Case — A Judicial Tragedy Distorted by Power-for-Money Deals and False Substitution
The article alleges that Guangdong authorities wrongfully convicted Niu Tengyu, a 19-year-old technical worker, in the 2019 “1902136” case after the Malice Wiki personal-information leak. Niu received 14 years and a 130,000-yuan fine, while 23 others were imprisoned. It questions Gu Yangyang’s release as a “tainted witness,” cites alleged torture, contradictory documents and evidence, and calls for surveillance retrieval, investigation and retrial.Families and Lawyers in the Zion Case Again Went to Beihai to File Complaints
On May 24, 2026, the outlet reported that on May 22, relatives of Pastor Gao Yingjia, Pastor Wang Cong, Pastor Liu Zhenbin, Pastor Sun Cong and Sister Li Shengjuan, along with other complaint representatives, visited Beihai public security and procuratorial authorities. They requested updates and decisions on previous complaints, family visits, and changes to detention measures. The outlet said it would continue following the Zion case.Heilongjiang Daxing'anling Falun Gong practitioners Ma Xiulan and Song Yulan both sentenced to 3 years in prison
On October 17, 2025, the Jiagedaqi District Public Security Bureau in Daxing’anling, Heilongjiang, deployed more than 30 officers to track local Falun Gong practitioners and arrested several, including Ma Xiulan, born in 1959, and Song Yulan, born in 1962. At a second hearing on May 9, 2026, both women were sentenced to three years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan, with sentences ending October 16, 2028.China’s renowned investigative journalist Bai Zhaodong secretly abducted in Thailand by the Chinese Communist regime in collusion with Thai authorities; missing for six months
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report says former Caijing investigative journalist Bai Zhaodong disappeared in Thailand on November 27, 2025, and has been unreachable for six months. It alleges his disappearance was a secret abduction involving Chinese and Thai authorities, rather than a property dispute. Bai, born in 1970, reported on official corruption and business abuses. An online appeal seeking information about him circulated in February 2026 before being blocked in China.Xinjiang Democracy and Rights-Defending Citizen Zhao Haitong, Sentenced to 14 Years, Spends His 64th Birthday in Prison
Xinjiang human rights defender Zhao Haitong, born May 22, 1962, spent his 63rd birthday and 13th birthday in prison on May 22, 2026. He was criminally detained in August 2013 and sentenced by the Ürümqi Intermediate People’s Court on November 7, 2014, to 14 years for inciting subversion of state power. Zhao is serving his sentence at Wusu Prison in Xinjiang, which is scheduled to end on August 8, 2027.Urgent Attention: Mr. Mao Qingxiang, One of the Founders of the China Democracy Party, Has Been Forcibly Disappeared; Xu Guang’s Phone Is Currently Unanswered
On May 23, 2026, the outlet reported that Mao Qingxiang had been taken away by Hangzhou’s Jinshahu Police Station, which told his ex-wife only that he was “very safe” and refused further information because they were divorced. A friend who visited Xu Guang the previous day was also taken away for several hours and released. Xu’s phone remains unanswered, and details are unconfirmed.Jilin Siping human rights defender Guo Hongying sentenced to 3 years and 3 months by Siping Tie-dong District Court for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”
On May 22, 2026, the Siping Tie-dong District Court sentenced human rights defender Guo Hongying to three years and three months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” with her sentence ending January 12, 2028. Guo was forcibly taken from Beijing to Siping on October 13, 2024, and criminally detained the next day. She had sought justice for her brother, Guo Hongwei, who died in Siping Prison in 2021.Urgent Attention: Mao Qingxiang, One of the Founders of the China Democracy Party, Taken Away by Police After Posting a Video of Recently Released Xu Guang on WeChat Moments, Still No News
On May 22, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Mao Qingxiang, one of the founders of the China Democracy Party, had been detained for more than 40 hours by the Xiasha Police Station in Hangzhou’s Jianggan District. The report said the 76-year-old was taken away after posting a video of recently released Xu Guang on WeChat Moments and could not receive visitors because he had no relatives with him.
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