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Urgent Attention: Beijing Human Rights Defender and COVID-19 Vaccine Victim Mr. Qian Dalong Subjected to Forced Disappearance
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on May 9, 2026, that Beijing human rights defender Qian Dalong had been out of contact since being summoned by Guanzhuang Police Station personnel at 23:00 on May 7. Qian, who attributes his disabilities and illnesses to a COVID-19 vaccine, had campaigned for compensation and an assistance mechanism for vaccine victims and had been criminally detained twice and released on bail.Case Details and Biography of Dorje Dan Rinpoche, Founder and Principal of Jiuzhi County Dorje Dan Ethnic Vocational and Technical School, Who Has Been Subjected to Enforced Disappearance
According to the Rights Defense Network Information Center, Dorje Dan Rinpoche, born in 1967 and founder of Jiuzhi County Dorje Dan Ethnic Vocational and Technical School, was taken away and criminally detained by police on December 4, 2025, and has remained out of contact. The report says authorities closed the school, sent students home, warned relatives against meeting him, and are holding him in a Qinghai Province prison.Lawyer Wang Quanzhang: Update on Recent Rights Defense Work (May 8, 2026)
The Ministry of Public Security responded to an information-disclosure application concerning authorization to draft and issue the Cybercrime Prevention and Control Law for public consultation. The applicant filed an administrative reconsideration application, citing the Ministry’s statement that it was drafting the law on behalf of the State Council. Further reconsideration was sought over the Ministry’s classification of its powers-and-responsibilities list as a state secret. No response has been received on its classification details, and a fourth hearing date was set in the reputation-infrNiu Tengyu’s mother: After the May Day holiday ends, I will once again travel to Guangdong to continue seeking justice for my wrongfully imprisoned son, Niu Tengyu
The author says Guangdong authorities have denied lawyers complete access to case files involving 24 young people, hindering the defense. The author alleges the group was arrested and tortured in 2019, evidence was fabricated, and officials coordinated heavy sentences. The author’s son, Niu Tengyu, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. The author also alleges ongoing threats, harassment and interference with visitation rights while seeking legal redress.Account of Lawyer Chang Boyang’s Expulsion from Gushi County Court
The article alleges that Gushi County Court Judge Wu Zhangke barred Lawyer Chang Boyang, commissioned by Henan Aimingyi Technology Co., Ltd., from representing the company at an April 22, 2026 hearing involving Li Jianwei and Zhu Li, who face occupational embezzlement charges. It says Wu later allowed company supervisor Bai Tao, listed as a prosecution witness, to appoint another lawyer as the victim’s representative, despite alleged legal and formal defects.Case Details and Biography of Ms. Liu Runmiao, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Taiyuan, Shanxi, Sentenced to 3 Years and 3 Months
On May 7, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Liu Runmiao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Taiyuan, Shanxi, was sentenced to three years and three months in prison and fined 5,000 yuan. Born in 1992, Liu was arrested and had her home raided in March 2025. The Yingze District Court tried her on August 14, 2025. Her sentence runs until June 2028.Case Details and Biography of Jilin City Falun Gong Practitioner Li Dequan, Sentenced to Six Years
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report dated May 7, 2026, said Li Dequan, a Falun Gong practitioner from Jilin City born in 1959, was sentenced to six years in prison. Li was arrested at home in April 2024 and is being held at Gongzhuling Prison in Jilin Province. The report said he had previously spent a cumulative ten years imprisoned and that his sentence ends in April 2030.Renowned human rights defender Mr. Gao Fei submitted two Government Information Disclosure Application Supplementary Response Letters to the National Health Commission by mail on May 6, 2026
On May 6, 2026, Mr. Gao Fei mailed the National Health Commission two Government Information Disclosure Application Supplementary Response Letters, Nos. (2026) 0365 and (2026) 0366, responding to the commission’s April 29 replies. His April 20 applications sought information on regulations, licensing, oversight and coordination for organ donation and transplantation, as well as research materials on transplantation policies and serious-illness medical protection.Shandong human rights defender, renowned poet and writer Lu Yang (real name Zhang Guiqi), sentenced to six years, released after completing his sentence and returns home
According to the Rights Defense Network Information Center, Shandong human rights defender and poet Lu Yang, whose real name is Zhang Guiqi, was released on May 5, 2026, after completing a six-year sentence and returned home. Police detained him in May 2020, and the Liaocheng Intermediate People’s Court sentenced him in July 2022 for “inciting subversion of state power.” His appeal was rejected.Urgent Attention: Former Guangming Daily Commentary Department Deputy Director Dong Yuyu, Sentenced to 7 Years for Espionage, Recently Found to Have a Lung Tumor and an Irregular Heartbeat; His Health Is Cause for Concern
Dong Yuyu, a former Guangming Daily editor sentenced to seven years for espionage, was recently found to have a rapidly growing lung tumor measuring 3.3 × 2.2 centimeters, visible weight loss and an irregular heartbeat, according to his family and the Committee to Protect Journalists. He was transferred to Tianjin Chaobai Prison on March 17, 2026. His sentence is scheduled to end on February 20, 2029.After Being Barred from Leaving the Country: The Legal Questions Surrounding a 6,210-Yuan Ticket
On March 17, 2026, Feng Zhenghu was stopped by border-inspection officers at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport while preparing to fly to Tokyo, after completing check-in, baggage drop-off and security screening. He and his wife were unable to travel, incurring 5,394 yuan in ticket costs and 816 yuan in insurance premiums. Feng challenged Ctrip’s voluntary-refund handling, and the Changning District People’s Court accepted his complaint on April 8.Liaoning Falun Gong “Ten-Person Case”: Wang Nanfang and Nine Other Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to Between Four and a Half and Seven Years
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that on April 23, 2026, the Wanghua District Court of Fushun, Liaoning, sentenced 10 Falun Gong practitioners from Qingyuan County to four and a half to seven years in prison and fined them 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. The practitioners were detained after police raids and arrests on July 12, 2024. The Wanghua District Procuratorate indicted all 10 on December 20, 2024.Open Letter from Families of 18 Detained Co-workers in Beijing Zion Church’s “10·9 Case” / Liu Chunli, Yang Jun, Geng Pengpeng, Su Ziming and Gu Xiaoyu 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 co-workers, including Pastor Jin Mingri, wrote to Guangxi Procurator-General Yang Zhenggen seeking action in the church’s “10·9 case.” They said the detainees were criminally detained in October 2025 over alleged “illegal use of information networks,” approved for arrest, and held for more than 200 days. They requested detention reviews, correction of investigation extensions, legal access, improved care and regular case updates.Yunnan Kunming Century New City Church preacher Yu Shaolin, Brother Li Qun and Brother Luo Ping have been detained for 21 days, and their families still have not received any written notice
On April 12, 2026, authorities raided Yunnan Kunming Century New City Church during a Sunday gathering and detained preacher Yu Shaolin, Brother Li Qun and Brother Luo Ping. As of May 4, their families had received no written notice of the detentions or charges; the three were reportedly held at Kunming’s Guandu District Detention Center. Other church members were repeatedly summoned and questioned under alleged coercion.Shaanxi Pastor Chang Yuchun, Sentenced to 7 Years for Printing and Selling Christian Books, Seriously Ill in Prison and in Worrying Condition
Chang Shengyi said on May 4, 2026, that his father, Pastor Chang Yuchun, and mother Li Chenhui were detained on July 21, 2020, for selling Christian books and sentenced to seven years for illegal business operations, with terms ending September 1, 2027. Chang Yuchun, held at Fuping Prison in Shaanxi Province, is reportedly suffering worsening joint problems, ineffective medication, and frequent inability to eat or sleep.Gao Fei: Response to the Notices Requesting Corrections to the Two Government Information Disclosure Applications Mailed to the National Health Commission on April 20, Received on May 2, 2026
The National Health Commission said it received Gao Fei’s government information disclosure application on April 21, 2026, but found the requested information unclear. In a notice dated April 29, it requested within 10 working days a document name, number or other searchable description. Two applications mailed April 20 sought catalogs and rules on organ donation and transplantation, plus research on coverage, access, coordination, ethics, supervision and public trust.A Citizen’s Legal Inquiry into the “Exit Ban”
On March 17, 2026, Feng Zhenghu was stopped at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport while boarding Japan Airlines flight JL082 to Japan and told verbally that his exit was restricted under Article 12(5) of China’s Exit and Entry Administration Law. He received no written decision. On March 25, he applied to the Ministry of Public Security for disclosure of the decision, its document number and restriction period. After receiving no response by April 26, he sent a demand letter on April 28.Supplementary Appeal, Procuratorial Supervision and Requests in the Duoji Zhaxi Case, a Wrongful Conviction Directly Proven Innocent by Documentary Evidence and with Overwhelming Evidence
The CPC Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Tibet Autonomous Region article alleges that Duoji Zhaxi was wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment for loan fraud over a 1.5 million yuan mortgage loan secured by property valued at more than 16.09 million yuan. It cites alleged procedural, factual and legal errors, conflicting administrative and civil judgments, family suffering and discrimination concerns, and requests procuratorial supervision and retrial.Supplementary Petition Opinions on the Doji Tashi Case: Documentary Evidence Proves Innocence in an Irrefutable Wrongful Conviction
A petition alleges that Shigatse People's Congress representative Doji Tashi was unlawfully detained, tortured and wrongly convicted of loan fraud in 2010 after a 1.5 million yuan secured loan became overdue. It argues that court records and subsequent administrative and civil rulings show the loan was lawful, and calls for his life sentence and confiscation order to be overturned.The Fish Pond Operated by Former Guangxi Human Rights Lawyer Qin Yongpei After His Release from Prison Was Destroyed by CCP Authorities; His Police Report Produced No Result
On May 2, 2026, the Information Center of Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch reported that Qin Yongpei, a former Guangxi human rights lawyer released in October 2024 after serving five years for “inciting subversion of state power,” said dozens of people destroyed his fish pond and killed his fish. He reported Mashan Township officials Zheng Zhongxing and Li Cansong, but authorities had not opened a case.Case Details and Biography of Li Guiwen, a Lisu Christian from Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province, Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison
Li Guiwen, a Lisu Christian and preacher at a house church in Pingtian Township, Yuanmou County, Yunnan Province, was criminally detained on August 2, 2025, for allegedly “organizing illegal gatherings” and formally arrested on September 8. The Yuanmou County Court sentenced him to six months in prison on December 18, 2025. He was previously held at Yuanmou County Detention Center, with his sentence ending February 1, 2026.The Mai Seed Reformed Church case in Fuyang, Anhui, will hold a pretrial conference on May 7, 2026
The Mai Seed Reformed Church case in Fuyang, Anhui, will hold a pretrial conference on May 7, 2026. Authorities have repeatedly suppressed the house church since 2021 for refusing to join the Three-Self Church. After a June 29, 2025 raid, Pastor Chang Shun and Elder Ma Tao were criminally detained; Pastor Zhang Sen was arrested on July 9. In October 2025, all three were transferred for prosecution on charges of organising illegal gatherings.Update on the Beijing Zion Church “10·9” Case (May 1, 2026)
The family members’ group of 18 pastors and co-workers detained in the Beijing Zion Church “10·9” case said May 1, 2026, marked their 205th day in the First and Second Detention Centers of Beihai City, Guangxi. They face allegations of illegally using an information network. Notices extended detention from April 19 to June 18, citing possible sentences of 10 years or more. The group also reported serious health conditions, limited Bible access and blocked correspondence.Administrative reconsideration setback in pension rights case involving Hangzhou human rights defender Chen Shuqing
On May 1, 2026, Chen Shuqing said the Hangzhou Gongshu District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau refused to process his retirement after deducting his prison terms from his 24 years and four months of social insurance contributions, leaving less than the required 15 years. The Gongshu District People’s Government upheld the decision on April 30, and Chen plans to file an administrative lawsuit.Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch: Interpretations of China’s Policies, Laws and Regulations (April 2026) (Issue 20)
The article reviews new and forthcoming measures on personal-information protection, industrial and supply-chain security, data-property registration, corruption cases, “air-rage,” big-data price discrimination, teacher recruitment and new forms of employment. It describes official actions announced between April 2 and April 10, including rules, draft guidelines and campaigns, while arguing that many governance measures rely on superficial, control-oriented enforcement and fail to address structural problems or protect individual rights.
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