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Feng Zhenghu: An Invalid Homestead Certificate and Thirty Years of Dispossessed Farmers in Xinzhuang, Shanghai
Forty-one landless farmers from Xinzhuang Industrial Zone, Minhang, Shanghai, say their homesteads were demolished in 1995 without lawful expropriation procedures. Holding 1991 Homestead Use Certificates, they pursued petitions and litigation over compensation. After courts rejected their claims as a petitioning matter, the Shanghai People’s Procuratorate accepted their supervision application on June 5, 2026, for review under jurisdictional procedures.Case Details and Biography of Liang Jianjun, a Teacher in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, and Falun Gong Practitioner Sentenced to 3 Years
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on August 22, 2026, that Liang Jianjun, a teacher and Falun Gong practitioner from Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, was sentenced to three years by the Lechang City Court. Liang, born in 1972, was arrested with his wife, Cao Liping, in mid-July 2025. He was detained in Lechang, and his sentence runs through July 2028.Renowned artist Gao Shen’s case for allegedly infringing the reputation of heroic martyrs to be sentenced at Hebei’s Sanhe City Court on August 25, 2026
The Sanhe City Court in Hebei Province is scheduled to announce its verdict at 9 a.m. on August 25, 2026, in artist Gao Shen’s case for allegedly infringing the reputation and honor of heroic martyrs. Gao was detained on August 26, 2024, later arrested and prosecuted. His closed-door trial concluded on March 30, 2026, without a verdict. He remains detained at Sanhe City Detention Center.Case details and biography of Zhanatbek Beksultan, a Kazakh citizen from Xinjiang Xinjiang’s Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture sentenced to 15 years
On August 21, 2026, the website reported details about Zhanatbek Beksultan, a Kazakh citizen born November 13, 1988, in Xinjiang’s Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. A former farmer, herder and taxi driver, he was arrested with his wife on February 6, 2018, after attending a birthday gathering. He was sentenced without a lawyer or family present to 15 years for promoting extremism and gathering to disrupt social order, with release scheduled for February 5, 2033.Case Details and Biography of Huang Lei, Founder and Pastor of Panshi Bible House Church in Yueyang City, Who Was Arrested
On August 21, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Huang Lei, founder and pastor of Panshi Bible House Church in Yueyang City, was detained. Following a July 11 police crackdown, Huang and church members Hu Hongtao and Yang Jianjun remained detained. On July 27, they were placed under criminal detention on suspicion of illegally using information networks. Huang is held at Yueyang City No. 1 Detention Center.Case Details and Biography of Lin Shucheng, Victim of the 10·9 Zion Church Case Who Was Arrested
Lin Shucheng, a Chengdu native and preacher at Beijing Zion Church, was arrested at his home on October 11, 2025, in a joint operation by Chengdu and Beihai police. He was formally arrested on November 18 with 17 others and later charged with “illegal business operations” and “fraud.” Indicted on July 17, 2026, he remains detained at Beihai No. 2 Detention Center. His third child was born June 4.Tibet Autonomous Region Prison Seriously Violates the Law by Preventing Lawyers and Family Members from Visiting Tibetan Entrepreneur Dorje Tashi, Who Was Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
On August 21, 2026, the International Campaign for Tibet reported that Tibet Autonomous Region Prison had barred appeals lawyer Wang Fei from meeting imprisoned Tibetan entrepreneur Dorje Tashi and deprived his family of visits for six years. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 2010 for loan fraud, Tashi has been held at Lhasa Qushui County Prison since 2008. His family continues appealing outside the Tibet Autonomous Region High People’s Court.Case details and profile of 75-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Sun Changhe from Pingdu, Shandong, sentenced to three years
On August 20, 2026, the China Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Sun Changhe, a 75-year-old retired Pingdu Electric Power Company employee and Falun Gong practitioner from Pingdu, Shandong, was sentenced by Pingdu Court to three years in prison. Arrested on January 7 for participating in a group study session, he was detained and underwent two medical examinations. The sentence runs through January 6, 2029.Wang Zang: Thank you all for your attention! Here I report the results of seeking redress for my children
After nearly two years of efforts, the school persuaded the main assailant to withdraw, while several others received warnings. The assailant and family apologized to Wang Nianci and her family and paid 10,000 yuan; the local government provided 9,600 yuan. Wang remained at home and out of school. A teacher involved in Wang Shiyin’s case was criticized and transferred, after which corporal punishment reportedly stopped.Zhang Zhongshun, human rights defender and participant in the “Xiamen Citizens’ Gathering Case” sentenced to four and a half years, spends his 59th birthday in prison
Human rights defender Zhang Zhongshun spent his 59th birthday, August 19, 2026, in Jiteng Prison in Shandong Province. A participant in the December 13 Xiamen Gathering Case, he was sentenced in November 2024 by the Linyi Intermediate Court to four years and six months for “subversion of state power” and “illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.” Zhang previously served a prison sentence from 2008 to 2010.Father of Elder Wang Zhong, Still Detained in the Zion Church Case, Dies Without Seeing His Son Again
On August 20, 2026, the website reported that the father of Elder Wang Zhong had died peacefully in recent days while Wang remained in prolonged detention. His father had hoped to see him again, receive a just resolution to the case and reunite with his family. Wang was unable to return, see his father before his death or accompany him through his final days.Sichuan human rights defender Chen Yunfei transferred to Chengdu public security authorities after completing administrative detention during trip to Gansu; whereabouts currently unknown
On August 19, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Sichuan human rights defender Chen Yunfei was intercepted at Dunhuang Railway Station while traveling to Jiayuguan. Subei County authorities placed him under 12 days of administrative detention on August 5. On August 17, he was transferred to Chengdu public security authorities on suspicion of “endangering national security,” and his whereabouts remained unknown. Chen was released from prison in March 2025 after serving eight years.Feng Zhenghu: Rule-of-law hopes for breaking the deadlock of “procedural circulation”—41 landless farmers in Shanghai’s Xinzhuang lawfully apply to the municipal procuratorate to hold a public hearing
On August 10, 2026, 41 landless farmers from Shanghai’s Minhang District applied to the Shanghai Municipal People’s Procuratorate for a public hearing in their administrative-supervision case. They said disputes over compensation and property rights following development of the Xinzhuang Industrial Zone around 1995 had remained unresolved, while previous proceedings were dismissed on procedural grounds. The application followed revised procuratorial hearing provisions taking effect on July 31.Li Qiaochu: Submitting Petition Materials to the Supreme Court for the Third Time
On August 18, 2026, the writer and Lawyer Li visited the Supreme People’s Court for the third time to submit petition materials. After completing a registration form, they met a female judge in Interview Room 204 and discussed the petition grounds and procedural violations for nearly 40 minutes. The court again did not accept the criminal petition or supplementary materials, and the case has still not been formally docketed.Xie Yanyi: Not Filing a Rape Case Is Raping the Law—Addressed to the Person in Charge of Discipline Inspection and Supervision in Zhejiang over the “Hangzhou Drinking-Party Incident”
A Hangzhou Investigation and Disposition Group reported on August 18, 2026, that suspects Zhao Moufeng, a company senior executive, and Yu Mudong, a Hangzhou Binjiang District public official, allegedly forcibly molested a victim at a KTV on July 26. Zhao allegedly caused a waist injury assessed as a Level II minor injury. Both were criminally detained; Yu was removed from office, and Zhao from his company position. Xie Yanyi filed a complaint on August 19 challenging the investigation.Ms. Gao Jiping, a 71-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Taiyuan, Shaanxi, forcibly imprisoned and critically ill in prison, rushed to hospital for emergency treatment
Gao Jiping, a 71-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, was sentenced to three years in prison and forcibly confined in Shanxi Women’s Prison on June 4, 2026, despite medical examinations from 2021 to 2025 finding her unfit for incarceration. Suffering from hypertension, severe anemia and end-stage uremia, she was transferred on August 5 to Shanxi Province No. 109 Hospital for urgent dialysis and fistula surgery.Case Details and Biography of Ms. Wu Juan, a Falun Gong Practitioner from Shan County, Heze City, Shandong Province, Sentenced to 3 Years and 2 Months
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that Wu Juan, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shan County, Heze City, Shandong Province, was taken from her home and detained on February 4, 2026. After her home was searched, she was prosecuted for “using a cult organization to undermine law enforcement.” Tried on July 16, she pleaded not guilty. On July 24, the Shan County People’s Court sentenced her to 3 years and 2 months and fined her RMB 10,000.Sichuan human rights defender “Banner Brother” Feng Yongjun, sentenced to four years, completes his sentence today
Sichuan human rights defender Feng Yongjun, known as “Banner Brother,” completed a four-year prison sentence on August 18, 2026. Feng, born in 1973, was detained after joining villagers in 2016 to protest alleged pollution and official misconduct concerning Baiqing Reservoir. He later filed reports and lawsuits over police actions and was detained again in 2022 for allegedly picking quarrels and provoking trouble before being transferred to Chengdu Jinjiang Prison.Case Details and Biography of 64-Year-Old Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Meng Huiling from Qingdao’s Huangdao District, Sentenced to Four Years
On August 18, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported details about Meng Huiling, a 64-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Qingdao’s Huangdao District. Her home was raided and she was arrested by Xuejiadao Police Station on January 12, 2026. She was detained at Qingdao No. 2 Detention Center, then subjected to criminal detention, formal arrest and prosecution. On August 14, she was sentenced to four years, ending January 11, 2030.Guangxi human rights defender Lu Huihuang, sentenced to 4 years and 6 months, completes his sentence today
The Rights Protection Network Information Center reported that Guangxi human rights defender Lu Huihuang completed a 4-year, 6-month sentence on August 17, 2026. Lu, born February 7, 1978, had published online articles advocating political reform, opposing Xi Jinping’s constitutional amendments and focusing on workers’ rights. He was arrested in February 2022 after calling for an investigation into the Xuzhou “chained woman” case and sentenced for inciting subversion of state power.Famed human rights defender Ding Jiaxi, sentenced to 12 years, spends his 59th birthday in prison
On August 17, 2026, the Rights Defense Network Information Center reported that human rights defender Ding Jiaxi spent his 59th birthday in Jiangbei Prison, Hubei, where he is serving a 12-year sentence imposed in April 2023. His wife, Luo Shengchun, said he faces restrictions on outdoor exercise, book purchases, correspondence and family telephone calls. Ding’s prison term runs until March 21, 2032.Xi’an Zion’s Light 516 Case: Preliminary Hearing for Pastor Gao Quanfu Concluded on August 10, 2026; Prosecutor Falsely Charges Him with Fraud and Recommends 12–13 Years in Prison
The Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on August 17, 2026, that the preliminary hearing in the Xi’an Zion’s Light 516 case concluded on August 10. Prosecutor Zhang Gaochao recommended 12–13 years’ imprisonment and a fine for Pastor Gao Quanfu, who was indicted for fraud over RMB 25.526 million in church offerings. Gao’s son disputed the allegations, saying offerings were voluntary and that Gao, Pang Yu and Tang Bingyi should be released.Complaint Letter by Wu Qiuyu’s Father Regarding the “Delay in Handling Wu Qiuyu’s Application for Release on Bail Pending Trial” in the Xian Case
On August 14, 2026, Wu Qiuyu’s father submitted a complaint to judicial, supervisory and other authorities in Beihai and Guangxi, requesting intervention over the Beihai Yinhai District People’s Court’s alleged delay in processing her application for release on bail pending trial. Wu, prosecuted for suspected illegal business operations, received a prosecutorial recommendation for a suspended sentence and has two young children and a mental illness requiring medication.76-year-old Beijing rights-defending military wife Guo Likun criminally detained again
Rights Defense Network Information Center reported on August 17, 2026, that Guo Likun, a 76-year-old Beijing rights-defending military wife, was taken from Beidaihe to Beijing on July 29 and criminally detained at Fengtai Detention Centre. Her daughter delivered clothing and medication but had not received a detention notice. Guo previously faced detention after petitioning and was released on March 15, 2023, after 18 months.78-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhou Fenglan from Shenyang’s Shenbei New Area sentenced to 3 years and forcibly imprisoned
On August 16, 2026, the Information Center of Rights Defense Network reported that Zhou Fenglan, 78, a Falun Gong practitioner and retired Huishan Animal Husbandry Factory employee, had been persecuted for years. Arrested on March 20, 2024, after explaining Falun Gong, she was released on bail after a detention center rejected her because of high blood pressure. On November 25, 2025, she was sentenced to three years and fined 20,000 yuan. In July 2026, she was imprisoned; visits remained prohibited.
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