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Pastor Cao Sanqiang, Sentenced to 7 Years, Seriously Ill After Release; Cancer Has Metastasized to His Bone Marrow, Calls for CCP Authorities to Allow Him to Go Abroad for Treatment and Reunite with His Family
Pastor Cao Sanqiang, a founder of a house church and pastor of the “China Gospel Association,” was released in March 2024 after serving a seven-year sentence for illegally crossing the national border. He now has advanced prostate cancer and spinal tumors that have metastasized to his bone marrow. Admitted to Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital on April 20, 2026, he is barred from traveling abroad after authorities confiscated his passport.Case details and biography of Arslan Abdulla, the former dean of the School of Humanities at Xinjiang University sentenced to 18 years
Arslan Abdulla, born Muhammad Wushur in 1946 in Artux, Xinjiang, is a Uyghur scholar and former dean of Xinjiang University’s School of Humanities. He studied and taught Uyghur and sociolinguistics, published literary works, and held several academic positions. Authorities detained him in January 2018 with Xinjiang University president Tashpolat Teyip and four other professors. Tried in Ürümqi later that year, he was sentenced to 18 years, ending January 2036, and is serving his sentence there.Research Report: Comprehensive Exposure of the Truth Behind the Wuxi Authorities of the Chinese Communist Party Establishing a Specialized Institution to Hold “Legal Education Classes for Petitioners” (Actually “Black Jails”) to Secretly and Illegally Detain Petitioners
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report dated April 22, 2026, alleges that Wuxi authorities used “Legal Education Classes for Petitioners” to secretly detain petitioners. It describes the Wuxi, Binhu District and Taihu Subdistrict Joint Conference Offices as temporary Communist Party political-legal institutions, citing 2013 study materials that required attendance, concealed locations, confiscated belongings and restricted communication. The report also recounts the June 22, 2013 rescue and subsequent convictions of five rescuers.Dong Yuyu, former deputy director of the Commentary Department of Guangming Daily, sentenced to 7 years, transferred to Tianjin Chaobai Prison to serve his sentence
Dong Yuyu, former deputy director of Guangming Daily’s Commentary Department, was sentenced to seven years in prison for “espionage” on November 29, 2024. His appeal was rejected and the original judgment upheld on November 13, 2025. He was transferred to Tianjin Chaobai Prison on March 17, 2026, with his sentence scheduled to expire on February 20, 2029. Dong had been detained since February 21, 2022.Case Details and Biography of Zhu Guangjun, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Beijing’s Shunyi District, Sentenced to 1 Year and 2 Months
On April 21, 2026, the Information Center of the Rights Defense Network reported that Zhu Guangjun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Beijing’s Shunyi District, was sentenced by the Shunyi District Court in mid-April to one year and two months in prison and fined 3,000 yuan. Police arrested him on September 14, 2025, after raiding his home. His sentence runs through November 13, 2026.Renowned human rights defender He Fangmei confirmed transferred to Luoyang Women’s Prison; visits possible Thursday
On April 21, 2026, He Fangmei’s husband, Li Xin, confirmed that she had been transferred to Luoyang Women’s Prison, where visits would be possible on Thursday. He Fangmei, founder of “Vaccine Babies’ Home,” is serving a five-year-and-six-month sentence for “bigamy and picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Her sentence was upheld on appeal in January 2025 and runs until January 1, 2027.Today Is the 62nd Birthday of Renowned Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng; We Strongly Demand That the Chinese Communist Authorities Immediately Restore Gao Zhisheng’s Freedom and Strongly Call on the Governments of All Democratic Countries and the International Community to Act for Mr. Gao Zhisheng’s Freedom
Rights Defense Network said on April 20, 2025, that human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, born April 20, 1964, remained missing after being taken by police in Shanxi on August 19, 2017. Gao, known for defending disadvantaged groups and sensitive cases, was sentenced in 2006 for “inciting subversion of state power” and released in 2014. The network said authorities had provided no information about his whereabouts or condition.Wuxi human rights defender Shen Aibin subjected to retaliatory questioning and home search by Liangxi Public Security Sub-bureau; his ex-wife Lu Yan also summoned and phone confiscated
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that on April 16, 2026, Wuxi human rights defender Shen Aibin was forcibly summoned, handcuffed and questioned by the Liangxi Public Security Sub-bureau, which searched his home and seized a laptop, printer and complaint letter. His ex-wife, Lu Yan, was also summoned, handcuffed and had her phone confiscated. Shen is under residential surveillance and criminal investigation for allegedly picking quarrels and provoking trouble.The Desperate Plea for Help from Ni Tengyu’s Mother: To Save My Wrongfully Imprisoned Son, I Have Been Driven to the Brink!
The mother of Ni Tengyu alleges that the Anti-Fraud Center in Jincheng, Shanxi, froze a bank card containing borrowed legal fees and living expenses. She says Guangdong authorities arrested Ni in 2019, when he was 19, and sentenced him to 14 years in the “Vulgar Wiki case.” She further alleges prolonged harassment, surveillance, threats and coordinated persecution by authorities in Jincheng, Guangdong and Shanghai.Case Details and Biography of Ms. Xin Kui, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Caoshi Town, Qingyuan County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, Sentenced to 8 Months
Xin Kui, a Falun Gong practitioner from Paoziyan Village in Caoshi Town, Qingyuan County, Fushun City, Liaoning Province, was arrested on November 22, 2025, while distributing 2026 Falun Gong New Year calendars in Baomin Village. She was detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. In mid-March 2026, the Meihekou City Court sentenced her to eight months in prison, ending July 21, 2026.Ms. Zhang Yanxia, a Falun Gong practitioner from Heishan County, Liaoning, sentenced to 5 years, develops heart disease as a result of persecution in prison
Zhang Yanxia, a Falun Gong practitioner from Heishan County, Liaoning, was arrested with Xu Yue on June 3, 2025, and sentenced in November to five years in prison. She has been held at Liaoning Women’s Prison for five months, where family visits were denied. The prison recently told her family she had developed heart disease linked to high blood pressure, prompting concern about her health.Li Jie and Han Xiaodong in the Linfen Covenant Home Church case, sentenced to 3 years and 8 months, completed their sentences on April 18, 2026
Li Jie and Han Xiaodong, preachers at Linfen Covenant Home Church in Shanxi Province, completed their 3-year-and-8-month sentences on April 18, 2026, according to a Rights Defense Network Information Center report. Authorities raided the church’s outdoor parent-child camp on August 19, 2022, detained them, and charged them with fraud. The Yaodu District Court sentenced both men on June 20, 2025.77-year-old Lu Qinyuan subjected to bottomless abuse of power, robbery, beatings and deprivation of personal freedom by Wuxi police
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report dated April 18, 2026, said 77-year-old Wuxi resident Lu Qinyuan alleged that police detained, beat and monitored her after she spoke in support of Shen Aibin. She claimed officers confiscated her phones and belongings, restricted her movement, denied medical care and repeatedly held her in a basement room. Lu said she had sought help nearly 100 times without receiving a response.Sichuan Dazhou Citizen Fu Hailu: “Suggestions on Raising the Basic Pension Standard for Urban and Rural Residents”
Fu Hailu, a resident of Xuanhan County, Sichuan Province, reported that rural elderly residents typically receive 150–220 yuan monthly, averaging about 190 yuan, while his 73-year-old parents receive approximately that amount. The submission cited pension disparities with government and enterprise employees, increasing medical and family-care pressures, and limited rural consumption. It proposed raising minimum pensions, linking adjustments to prices, increasing central support, and coordinating urban and rural systems.Yang Caiying: A Complete Record of the Brutal Human Rights Violations Suffered by My Mother, Xu Dongqing
The account alleges that Chinese authorities persecuted Xu Dongqing and her family for more than a decade over land disputes and petitions, including beatings, surveillance, abductions and denial of medical care. Xu and her daughter Yang Li were detained in October 2024 and sentenced in September 2025. Xu suffered worsening heart disease and hypertension, fell into a coma in July 2025, and was diagnosed with a late-stage malignant brain tumor in Shanghai on April 1, 2026.A Series of Internal Photos from the Construction of the Yalong River Hydropower Station in Yajiang County, Garzê Prefecture, Reveals the Damage Suffered by the Tibetan Region’s Ecological Environment
On April 18, 2026, the website reported obtaining internal photos from construction manuals concerning a hydropower station under construction in the Yalong River area of Yajiang County, Garzê Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It said the images, obtained at great risk, depict blasting, mountain-slope excavation and generating units, and show what it described as systematic ecological destruction in the Tibetan region.Prominent Human Rights Defender Ms. He Fangmei Transferred Again to Luoyang Women's Prison
On April 17, 2026, He Fangmei’s husband, Li Xin, said she had been transferred from Zhengzhou Women’s Prison to Luoyang Women’s Prison and that prison staff told him new inmates could not receive visitors. He Fangmei, founder of the “Vaccine Babies’ Home” rights-defense group, is serving a five-year-six-month sentence for bigamy and picking quarrels and provoking trouble, upheld on appeal in January 2025.Case Details and Biography of Yang Zhihua, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Ningjin County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, Sentenced to 1 Year and 6 Months
According to a Rights Defense Network Information Center report, Yang Zhihua, a Falun Gong practitioner from Xicaogu Village, Sizhilantown, Ningjin County, Hebei Province, was arrested on September 8, 2025, by Sizhilantown Police Station officers. He was detained, formally arrested and prosecuted. The Jinzhou City Court heard his case on January 28, 2026. He was sentenced to one year and six months and transferred to Shijiazhuang Prison on April 16, 2026.Beijing Zion Church “10·9” Case Family Group of 18 Detained Pastors and Fellow Workers: Update on the Beijing Zion Church “10·9” Case (April 16, 2026)
The 18 pastors and fellow workers detained in the Beijing Zion Church “10·9” case remain held in Beihai City, Guangxi, on suspicion of illegally using information networks, now for 188 days. The case has reportedly been postponed for two months, with no formal written notice. Families cite inadequate medical care, harassment and threats, restrictions on communication, returned mail, and continued pressure on defense lawyers.Gao Fei: Announcement on the Progress of the “Defend the Bottom Line of Life” Joint Signature Campaign as of April 15, 2026
As of April 15, 2026, Gao Fei’s “Defend the Bottom Line of Life” joint signature campaign had collected 1,077 signatures, with 978 counted after duplicates and incomplete entries were removed. Gao Fei said the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, State Council, National Health Commission, Ministry of Public Security and National Commission of Supervision had provided no positive response to three submissions. The campaign called for continued signatures and public appeals.Update on the Case of Pastor Huang Yizi in the Fengwo Hall Christian Church Case in Shu tou Town, Pingyang County, Wenzhou: Pretrial Conference and Trial to Be Held Soon
Pastor Huang Yizi’s case in the Fengwo Hall Christian Church matter will have a pretrial conference at 9 a.m. on April 20, 2026, with trial scheduled for April 24–25 in Courtroom No. 8 of the Pingyang County Court. Huang, detained since June 26, 2025, faces an illegal business operations charge. He previously served a one-year sentence for disrupting social order and was detained again in 2015.Jiangxi human rights defender Xiao Qingshan, sentenced to 4 years and 6 months, released upon completion of sentence on March 18, 2026
Jiangxi human rights defender Xiao Qingshan, whose real name is Xiao Gaosheng, was released on March 18, 2026, after completing a 4-year-and-6-month sentence. The Qingyuan District Court sentenced him on March 1, 2023, for “false litigation” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” He had been detained in Ji’an City after police arrested him in late September 2021 and formally arrested him on November 5, 2021.Statement by Wuxi human rights defender Shen Aibin
Shen Aibin alleges that on October 27, 2025, Deputy Director Dai Yang took his phone and ordered unidentified people to assault him inside Dongting Police Station, fracturing his nasal bones. Shen says he was detained for 30 days and placed under residential surveillance on November 30. He alleges repeated requests for medical treatment were denied for more than four months and names four officials as responsible.Another Atrocity in the CCP’s Stability Maintenance in Wuxi: Wuxi Residents Chen Fengdi, Wu Lanzhen and Tao Yueqin Kidnapped in Beijing and Beaten on the Way Back, Leaving Chen Fengdi with 11 Fractures
A Rights Defense Network Information Center report dated April 15, 2026, alleged that Wuxi residents Chen Fengdi, Wu Lanzhen and Tao Yueqin were detained in Beijing on March 17, transported to Wuxi and beaten. It said Chen suffered 11 fractured ribs and other injuries, while Wu sustained wrist injuries. The women allegedly filed police reports and injury-assessment requests, but Shanbei Police Station refused to accept them.Brief Report on the Cruel Violations by the Chinese Communist Party in Wuxi of Human Rights Defender Shen Aibin’s Fundamental Human Rights
A Rights Protection Network Information Center report dated April 14, 2026, alleges that Wuxi human rights defender, citizen journalist and legal worker Shen Aibin has faced repeated persecution since 2013, including wrongful imprisonment, detention, surveillance and residential surveillance. It says he is currently confined at home while undergoing a fourth criminal case after allegedly being attacked at Dongting Police Station and subsequently detained for provoking trouble.
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