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Case details and profile of Song Fuyuan, a Falun Gong practitioner from Changtu County, Liaoning, sentenced to 1 year and 6 months
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on April 14, 2026, that Song Fuyuan, a male Falun Gong practitioner from Taihe Village, Jinjia Town, Changtu County, Liaoning, was sentenced to one year and six months in prison. Jinjia Town police arrested him and searched his home on November 21, 2025. The Changtu County Court heard his case on March 4, 2026, and sentenced him on March 31. His sentence ends May 20, 2027.Shandong human rights defender Yang Mingyu (Yang Lin), sentenced to 8 years, spends his 58th birthday in prison
Shandong human rights defender Yang Mingyu, also known as Yang Lin, spent his 58th birthday in prison on April 14, 2026. Born in Linqing, Shandong, in 1968, he was previously sentenced to three years for “inciting subversion of state power” and released in 2016. Criminally detained again on March 21, 2021, he was sentenced to eight years in prison, with his sentence scheduled to expire on March 20, 2029.Shandong rights defender Zhao Changhui (online name: Zhao Wei), sentenced to 1 year and 10 months, released after completing his sentence
Shandong rights defender Zhao Changhui, also known online as Zhao Wei, was released on April 13, 2026, after completing a 1-year-and-10-month sentence. He was criminally detained on June 14, 2024, and arrested on June 28 after a conflict while traveling to Beijing. Prosecuted for picking quarrels and provoking trouble, he was tried on October 16, 2024, and later transferred to Dezhou Prison.Focusing on the Dispute Over the Police’s Overdue Seizure of Property, Feng Zhenghu Sues Shanghai’s Two Levels of Government
Feng Zhenghu filed an administrative complaint against the People’s Government of Yangpu District and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, alleging successive administrative inaction. He claims Shanghai public security authorities seized his property nine times between 2010 and 2012 and retained it beyond statutory limits. He says Yangpu failed to respond to his August 18, 2025 application, while the municipal government failed to decide his November 8, 2025 reconsideration application. The Shanghai Second Intermediate People’s Court received the complaint on March 22, 2026.Hubei Ezhou citizen Yu Qian, sentenced to 3 years, has his internet cut off for the third time after completing his prison term
Hubei Ezhou citizen Yu Qian was detained in October 2022 after posting on Twitter against pandemic lockdowns and criticizing Chinese authorities. He was criminally detained on October 29, 2022, arrested on December 2, and sentenced to three years for picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Released in September 2025, he remains under close surveillance, with cameras outside his home, and recently had his internet disconnected for the third time.Famous human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng completes three-year sentence today
Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng completed his three-year prison sentence on April 13, 2026, after being convicted of “inciting subversion of state power.” He had served the sentence at Zhenjiang Prison. The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that there was still no information on whether he had returned home. Yu and his wife, Xu Yan, were sentenced in October 2024 after being detained in 2023.Rights Defense Network: Special Investigation Report on Persons Who Disappeared Under Guangdong Province’s Custody and Repatriation System Before 2003
The report investigates alleged disappearances of migrant workers in Guangdong between 1990 and June 20, 2003, during the custody-and-repatriation system. Drawing on public records, media reports, judicial cases and family testimonies, it identifies alleged disappearance routes including deaths in custody, transport incidents, forced labor, trafficking, abandonment and destroyed records. It estimates 6,000 to 30,000 people disappeared, while noting that official authorities have released no systematic statistics.Jiang Zhanchun, a Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, human rights defender, forcibly sent back from Beijing by local authorities, beaten and injured, taken for emergency treatment by 120 ambulance
On April 10, 2026, Jiang Zhanchun, a human rights defender from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, was intercepted by Beijing police after visiting the Ministry of Public Security and transferred to local police. He was allegedly beaten, held without legal documents until April 11, and taken home. After he collapsed, his wife called an ambulance. Police retained his mobile phone. Jiang, born August 11, 1976, has previously faced repeated detention, alleged abuse and imprisonment over rights-defense activities.Case Details and Profile of Han Wei, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Sentenced to 1 Year and 3 Months
On April 11, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Han Wei, a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to one year and three months. He was arrested on March 28, 2024, by police from Nantong’s Tongzhou District Public Security Bureau and later released on bail. He was arrested again on August 1, 2025, and detained at Nantong Detention Center. His sentence runs until September 30, 2026.Hubei Chibi democracy activist Chen Jianxiong, sentenced to 4 years, released after completing his sentence today
On April 11, 2026, Chen Jianxiong, whose real name is Chen Jinxin, was released after completing a four-year prison sentence and returned home to Chibi, Hubei Province, according to the Rights Defense Network Information Center. Born in 1974, Chen is a democracy and rights activist associated with the Southern Street Movement. The report says this was his third arrest and sentence; he was detained in April 2022 and convicted of picking quarrels and provoking trouble.Wuxi's Shen Aibin v. Liangxi Police case over unlawful punishment goes to trial; citizens attending the hearing intercepted by the Chinese Communist authorities in Wuxi through detention, kidnapping and other means
On April 9, 2026, the Binhu District People’s Court in Wuxi heard Shen Aibin’s lawsuit against the Liangxi Public Security Branch over a 15-day administrative detention imposed in July 2025 for allegedly picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Shen disputes the authority, evidence and procedures behind the punishment. The article also alleges that authorities detained or intercepted people attempting to attend the hearing.The Case and Biography of Zhang Yuemei, a 71-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner from Pingdu City, Shandong, Sentenced to 1 Year and 10 Months
On April 10, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Zhang Yuemei, a 71-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Qiege Village, Zhugou Town, Pingdu City, Shandong, was sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison and fined 8,000 yuan. Police arrested her on June 3, 2025, and she was detained at the Pudong Detention Center in Jimo, Qingdao. Her sentence ends April 2, 2027.Famous human rights lawyer Xie Yang, sentenced to 5 years for speech, decides to waive appeal
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,” with 100,000 yuan in property confiscated. After meeting his defense lawyer on April 10, he decided to waive his appeal. Xie has previously faced detention, surveillance, alleged torture and repeated obstruction related to his rights-defense work.Jiang Zhan Chun, a rights activist from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, intercepted and sent back by police after going to the Ministry of Public Security to register a petition; currently unreachable
On April 10, 2026, Jiang Zhan Chun, a rights activist from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, was intercepted by police at the Ministry of Public Security in Beijing before registering a report and taken to Yangqiao Police Station. The report says police captain Yang Junming choked him there. Jiang was later taken by Lucheng Police Station director Nie Feng, and has since been unreachable. His wife and three minor children were among the issues he intended to report.Case Details and Biography of Ms. An Jingtao, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, Sentenced to 4 Years and 8 Months
On April 9, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported details about An Jingtao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province. Arrested on May 10, 2025, she was released on bail in June after 10,000 yuan was extorted, then arrested again on December 15. Following a March 10, 2026 trial, she was sentenced to four years and eight months, ending in July 2030.Arrested Shandong human rights lawyer Yu Kai transferred to Qingdao No. 1 Detention Center
On April 9, 2026, lawyer Lan Qingzhou said human rights lawyer Yu Kai had been transferred from Beijing’s Xicheng Detention Center to Qingdao No. 1 Detention Center by Qingdao’s Laoshan police. Yu, detained after publicly reporting Qingdao Justice Bureau Director Deng Huanli on March 26, was criminally detained on suspicion of disturbing public order. His case’s jurisdiction has changed, and Lan said Yu was in good condition.Prominent democracy activist and human rights defender Xu Lin, sentenced to 3 years and 9 months, spends his 62nd birthday in prison
On April 9, 2026, democracy activist and human rights defender Xu Lin spent his 62nd birthday in prison. Sentenced to three years and nine months by Guangzhou’s Nansha District Court on August 8, 2025, he was transferred to Guangdong Yingde Prison in September 2025, where he is held until February 15, 2028. The report says poor food and sanitary conditions caused severe malnutrition and untreated health problems.Case Details and Biography of Ms. Wu Yongqiong, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Panzhihua City, Sichuan, Sentenced to One Year in Prison
The Information Center of Rights Defense Network reported on April 9, 2026, that Wu Yongqiong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Panzhihua City, Sichuan, was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 3,000 yuan. Arrested and subjected to a home raid on February 1, 2024, she was later released on bail. The Eastern District Court held her hearing on February 26, 2026. She was detained again on March 27, with her sentence ending March 27, 2027.Case Details and Profile of Ms. Zhang Zhenyi, a 79-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan, Sentenced to Two Years
Zhang Zhenyi, a 79-year-old Falun Gong practitioner and former mathematics teacher from Kunming, Yunnan, was arrested with her husband, Su Zesheng, on November 15, 2023. Released on bail because of her health, she was sentenced by Kunming’s Xishan District Court to two years in prison and fined 20,000 yuan. Police took her to hospital on March 30, 2026, before transferring her to Yunnan No. 2 Women’s Prison on April 2.Case Details and Biography of Arrested Shandong Human Rights Lawyer Yu Kai
Yu Kai, born in 1970 in Weihai, Shandong, is director of Shandong Xiaolin Law Firm and a human rights lawyer. After working as a police officer from 1994 to 2003, he became a practicing lawyer in 2004. Following a real-name report against Qingdao Justice Bureau director Deng Huanli, Yu was detained in Beijing on March 26, 2026, on suspicion of disturbing public order. He is held at Xicheng District Detention Center.Case Details and Biography of Ms. Yang Xiaoming, a Blind Falun Gong Practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan, Sentenced to 7 Years
Yang Xiaoming, a Falun Gong practitioner from Kunming, Yunnan, was born in 1969 and began practicing in 1995. The report says she was repeatedly persecuted after 1999, became blind in 2012, and was arrested on May 28, 2022. After a February 2023 trial, Xishan District Court sentenced her to seven years in prison and fined her 20,000 yuan. She disappeared from home in late March 2026.Case details and biography of Ms. Wu Shulan, a 68-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Duerbote Mongolian Autonomous County, Daqing City, Heilongjiang, sentenced to 2 years and 6 months
On April 7, 2026, the Rights Protection Network Information Center reported that Wu Shulan, a 68-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Duerbote Mongolian Autonomous County, Daqing City, Heilongjiang, was arrested on July 30, 2025. The Ranghulu District Court sentenced her to two years and six months in mid-December 2025. She was transferred to Harbin Women’s Prison in late March 2026, with her sentence ending January 29, 2028.Hubei human rights defender Mao Shanchun, sentenced to 4 years, spends his 52nd birthday in prison
Hubei human rights defender Mao Shanchun, born April 7, 1974, turned 52 on April 7, 2026, while serving a four-year sentence. He was criminally detained on January 31, 2024, formally arrested on March 7, and later sentenced for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” with his sentence due to end January 29, 2028. He was transferred from Gong’an County Detention Center to Guanghua Prison and Fanjiatai Prison.The famous human rights defender Huang Qi, sentenced to 12 years, spends his 63rd birthday in prison
Human rights defender Huang Qi spent his 63rd birthday, April 7, 2026, in prison. He was sentenced to 12 years in 2019 after earlier sentences of five years in 2003 and three years in 2009. Currently held at Bazhong Prison in Sichuan, he suffers from renal failure, coronary heart disease, hydrocephalus and other illnesses. His mother, Pu Wenqing, is in her 90s, under surveillance, and denied guaranteed visitation.Li Daoguo, editor-in-chief of the Wuyouzhixiang website, criminally detained across provincial lines from Beijing by the public security authorities of Huixian, Xinxiang, Henan, for defending his rights, has been released as innocent
Li Daoguo, editor-in-chief of the grassroots left-wing website Wuyouzhixiang, was detained in Beijing on March 25, 2026, by authorities from Huixian, Xinxiang, Henan, on suspicion of “extortion.” He was taken to the Xinxiang City Detention Center after his family sought information. According to a report dated April 7, Li was released as innocent several days earlier following public pressure.
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