This archive collects reporting on Tu Qiang (涂强), a dissident from Zigong, Sichuan Province.
2019 interview
民生观察 published an interview in which Tu described psychiatric confinement beginning in 2016, forced injections, later electroconvulsive treatment, and another confinement in 2018 after June 4-related political posts. URL: https://msguancha.com/a/lanmu12/2019/0719/18782.html
2024 confinement
民生观察 reported that Tu was confined again in January 2024 at the Zigong Fifth People’s Hospital psychiatry department and cited his August 20, 2024 social-media post saying he had been held there for seven months. URL: https://msguancha.com/a/lanmu14/2024/1005/23791.html
Database and roster conflict
The Tenzhu database record marks Tu as released in its June 13, 2025 update. URL: http://tenchu.org/pocd/public/pocs/3864
Rights Defense Network / 维权网 Issue 131 dated August 31, 2026 lists 涂强 / Tu Qiang among people detained without trial in Sichuan.
Evidence limits
No source located resolves the status conflict. Possible explanations are not inferred. The psychiatric-treatment details are subject-attributed and are not presented as independently verified medical findings.
Person profile: Tu Qiang 涂强