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Anhui self-media writer Wu Huaiyun, who was arrested, sentenced to 4 years and transferred to Anhui Women's Prison
Anhui self-media writer Wu Huaiyun was arrested again in May 2025 after completing a 3-year, 10-month sentence for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” over statements on Twitter. She was subsequently criminally detained, formally arrested and indicted, and recently sentenced to four years. In September 2026, she was transferred from Lu’an Detention Center to Anhui Women’s Prison, according to the Rights Defense Network Information Center.76-year-old Beijing rights-defending military wife Guo Likun, who was criminally detained, released on bail
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Guo Likun, a 76-year-old Beijing rights-defending military wife and retired doctor, was released on bail in September 2026 after being criminally detained following travel to Beidaihe on July 29. Guo had petitioned over the 2015 forced demolition of her home and her husband’s injuries, and had previously been detained from September 2021 to March 15, 2023, for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”Zhou Guoqiang (pen name A Qü Qiangba), editor of Today during the Democracy Wall era, former legal adviser to the Beijing “Workers’ Autonomous Federation,” and Beijing poet, has been released after his arrest
Zhou Guoqiang, also known by the pen name A Qü Qiangba, has been released after completing a prison sentence, according to information learned on September 13, 2026. Beijing police criminally detained him on October 14, 2023, for commenting on the assassination of an Israeli diplomat, and formally arrested him a month later. The sentence length remains unknown. Zhou is a Beijing poet and former Today editor and labor federation legal adviser.Autumn Rain Covenant Church Elder Wu Wuqing and Brother Shen Xiaoqing Placed in Administrative Detention for 10 Days
On September 13, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that shortly after 3 p.m. on September 11, more than 30 officers from Chengdu’s Hongpailou Police Station raided a reading group held in the homes of 11 elderly Christians from Autumn Rain Covenant Church. All were detained, and nine were released on September 12. Elder Wu Wuqing and Brother Shen Xiaoqing received 10-day administrative detention orders and fines.Gansu Public-Interest Advocate Jing Shuren Sentenced to Four Years Yesterday
On September 11, 2026, the Chengguan District Court of Lanzhou City sentenced Gansu public-interest advocate Jing Shuren to four years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” He was criminally detained on March 16, 2024, after reposting Weibo information about migrant workers seeking wage arrears, and was later arrested and prosecuted. Detained at Lanzhou No. 1 Detention Center, Jing stated in court that he would appeal.Guangxi Liuzhou lawyer Qin Weijin, sentenced to 2 years and 6 months, released today after completing his sentence
Guangxi lawyer Qin Weijin was released on September 12, 2026, after completing a two-year, six-month sentence. The Liujiang Branch of the Liuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau detained him on March 15, 2024, initially on suspicion of inciting ethnic hatred and discrimination. He was sentenced on May 25, 2025, for picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Qin, director of Guangxi Qintong Law Firm, had supported other criminal defense and rights-defense lawyers.Urgent Attention: Early Rain Covenant Church Raided Again, More Than Ten Elderly Church Members Taken Away by Police
As of 7:50 a.m. Beijing time on September 12, 2026, Chengdu’s Hongpailou Police Station had not released more than ten elderly Early Rain Covenant Church members taken from a hotel teahouse the previous afternoon. Relatives were told they would be released within 24 hours, while police cited a cult investigation. Members waiting outside reported an ambulance arrived near midnight. The detainees reportedly included 73-year-old He Futao, who previously underwent lung cancer surgery.Case Details and Profile of Ms. Su Li, a 32-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner from Hebi, Henan, Sentenced to 1 Year and 3 Months
On September 11, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Su Li, a 32-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Hebi, Henan, was arrested on May 11 and detained at the Hebi City Detention Center. The Shancheng District Procuratorate indicted her. After a trial on August 25, the Shancheng District Court sentenced her on August 31 to one year and three months in prison and a 2,000-yuan fine.Just-Released Guangxi Human Rights Defender Lu Huihuang Arrested in Guigang, Guangxi, Detained at Guiping County Detention Center
On September 11, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that, according to an informed source cited by exiled human rights defender Lin Shengliang, Lu Huihuang and his friend Su Shaoliang were arrested by Guiping County political security personnel on September 5 and held at Guiping County Detention Center on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Lu had been released on August 17 after serving a four-year-six-month sentence and had returned home the next day.The second-instance trial of the case of Hunan Zhuzhou self-media figure Yin Jiangen, sentenced to 2 years and 3 months at first instance, was heard at the Hexian County Court in Anhui on September 10; no verdict was announced in court
Hunan self-media figure Yin Jiangen was sentenced by Anhui’s Hexian County Court on August 6, 2026, to two years and three months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” over online articles criticizing Liyang Town Party secretary Liu Ying and supporting petitioner Chen Dezhen. Yin appealed. His second-instance hearing was publicly held on September 10, 2026; his lawyer, Zhang Tingyuan, sought acquittal, and the court said it would issue a later ruling.Hong Kong court sentences defendants in Hong Kong Alliance case: Tonyee Chow sentenced to 7 months and 3 months, Lee Cheuk-yan to 7 years, Albert Ho to 5 years and 2 months
On September 11, 2026, a Hong Kong court sentenced Tonyee Chow to seven months and three months, Lee Cheuk-yan to seven years, and Albert Ho to five years and two months in the Hong Kong Alliance case. The Hong Kong Alliance was fined HK$1.5 million. After accounting for time served, Lee is expected to be released in September 2029, Ho in April 2028, and Chow in January 2030.Ms. Wei Haiyun, a Falun Gong practitioner in Xi’an, Shaanxi, was persecuted to the point of being critically ill
The Rights Protection Network Information Center reported that Wei Haiyun, a Falun Gong practitioner from Xi’an’s western suburbs, was arrested by Tumen Police Station officers in June 2026. She reportedly began a hunger strike and was force-fed before being sent home in critical condition. Her family took her to hospital, where she was admitted to intensive care. Doctors later performed a tracheotomy after finding severe lung inflammation.Hubei human rights defender Ms. Xu Caihong, sentenced to 4 years, has completed her prison term
Hubei human rights defender Xu Caihong completed a four-year prison sentence on September 7, 2026, according to a September 10 report; information about her return home remains unavailable. Xu and her husband, He Bin, were criminally detained in September 2022 after petitioning and supporting rights activities. The Fancheng District Court sentenced Xu to four years and He Bin to four years and six months for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”Li Qiaochu: On the 450th day since Xu Zhiyong and I applied to marry, demanding that Lunan Prison issue a notice informing us of the rejection of our marriage application
After the Spring Festival, Xu Zhiyong’s partner sought approval to marry him, who is incarcerated at Lunan Prison. Authorities including the prison, Shandong Provincial Prison Administration Bureau, Shandong provincial government and civil affairs department referred the matter back to prison procedures, citing requirements that both parties be present and that Xu did not qualify for prison leave. On September 6, she requested a formal rejection, information disclosure and supervision, but received no substantive response.Case Details and Biography of Ms. Yan Hong, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Langli Town, Changsha County, Hunan Province, Sentenced to 3 Years and 2 Months
Yan Hong, a Falun Gong practitioner from Langli Town, Changsha County, Hunan Province, was sentenced by the Liuyang City Court to three years and two months after a June 5, 2026 trial. She pleaded not guilty, and her family appealed. Previously sentenced to six years in 2001 and three and a half years in 2015, she is held at Changsha’s Fourth Detention Center.Case Details and Profile of Mr. Fan Wei, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Benxi, Liaoning, Sentenced to 4 Years
According to a Rights Defense Network Information Center report, Fan Wei, a Falun Gong practitioner from Benxi, Liaoning Province, was sentenced to four years in prison. Arrested on August 20, 2025, while posting Falun Gong stickers near Wiegner Winery in Pingshan District, he was later prosecuted. The Mingshan District Court tried him on May 29, 2026, and sentenced him in late July, with his term ending August 19, 2029.Case Details and Profile of Ms. Xu Dongyu, a 62-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner from Chaisang District, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, Sentenced to 1 Year and 3 Months
On September 9, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Xu Dongyu, a 62-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Gangkoujie Town, Chaisang District, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, was sentenced to one year and three months. Domestic security police arrested her around November 2025. After more than ten days at a hotel, she was transferred to Jiujiang City Detention Center, then detained, arrested and prosecuted. She was expected to enter Jiangxi Women’s Prison, with her sentence ending in February 2027.Feng Zhenghu: Breaking the Silence Through Law — Feng Zhenghu Sues the Shanghai Municipal Government in the Shanghai High People’s Court Pursuant to Article 52 of the Administrative Litigation Law (Series Report One: Defending Citizens’ Right to Litigate)
Feng Zhenghu says he has sued the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government before the Shanghai High People’s Court under Article 52 of China’s Administrative Litigation Law. The dispute concerns 5,774 electronic optical discs seized in 2001 and valued at nearly RMB 2 million. He alleges authorities failed to respond to his property-rights application and reconsideration request, while the Shanghai Third Intermediate People’s Court neither filed his case nor issued a ruling.Chen Mingyan, a resident of Yucheng District, Ya’an, Sichuan, files complaints and reports alleging forced labor, violent assaults by fellow inmates and other problems at Chengdu Women’s Prison
Chen Mingyan, a human rights defender from Ya’an, Sichuan, was arrested in 2022 and sentenced to four and a half years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” She was released on August 10, 2026. On September 6, she filed complaints against Chengdu Women’s Prison, alleging forced labor, assaults by inmates and poor-quality, overpriced supermarket goods.Nantong Entrepreneur Zhang Weiguo Detained for 10 Days by the Chaoyang Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Nantong entrepreneur Zhang Weiguo was taken from the Jiangsu High People’s Court’s Beijing reception point on September 4, 2026, and received a 10-day administrative detention penalty from Beijing’s Chaoyang Branch on September 5 for obstructing official duties. Zhang, legal representative of Nantong Yuanjing Construction Engineering Co., Ltd., had petitioned the Supreme People’s Court for three years. The report also said Huang Juan was forced into a private car and remained unreachable.Case Details and Biography of Ms. Hao Sanbao, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Harbin’s Xiangfang District, Sentenced to 3 Years
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on September 7, 2026, that Hao Sanbao, a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin’s Xiangfang District born in 1949, was sentenced to three years in 2022. Due to her physical condition, she was placed under residential surveillance. On December 23, 2025, railway police took her from home in a wheelchair, and she was transferred to Harbin Women’s Prison on December 30. Her sentence ends December 22, 2028.Pastor Lian Xuliang in the Xi'an Fengsheng Church Case Released on September 5, 2026
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on September 7, 2026, that Pastor Lian Xuliang was released on September 5 in the Xi’an Fengsheng Church case. Lian Xuliang, Pastor Lian Changnian and evangelist Fu Juan were placed under residential surveillance at a designated location in August 2022, formally arrested in March 2023, and returned home in April 2025. They were detained again on November 2, 2025, while awaiting a verdict after their July 9, 2025 court hearing.Wuhan human rights defender Zhang Yi spends his 61st birthday in Lhasa City Detention Center
Wuhan human rights defender Zhang Yi, born September 7, 1965, is being held in Lhasa City Detention Center after being formally arrested on suspicion of “inciting separatism.” Police detained him in July 2026 after he displayed a photograph of the Dalai Lama while visiting Sera Monastery. Zhang previously served two years in prison for participating in the 1989 democracy movement and has continued rights-defense activities and June 4 commemorations.Nanchang, Jiangxi human rights defender Zhang Xiaodong, sentenced to 4 years, spends his 66th birthday in prison
Zhang Xiaodong, a Nanchang, Jiangxi human rights defender, was arrested on November 15, 2022, and sentenced to four years in prison on May 10, 2024, for allegedly picking quarrels and provoking trouble over statements in WeChat and QQ groups and Moments. His appeal was rejected. He was transferred from Nanchang No. 1 Detention Center to Jiangxi Ganjiang Prison, with his sentence scheduled to end on November 14, 2026.Second Instance Upholds Original Judgment Against Ms. Guan Xiaoyan, Human Rights Defender from Jimo District, Qingdao, Shandong, Sentenced to Four Years at First Instance
On September 7, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that the second instance upheld Guan Xiaoyan’s four-year sentence. The human rights defender from Jimo District, Qingdao, was sentenced at first instance to three years and six months for picking quarrels and provoking trouble and eight months for obstructing official duties, served concurrently. Her sentence ends December 20, 2026, and she is held at Jinan Women’s Prison.
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