Media Profile & Archive — Zhang Ruifang (张瑞芳). This archive preserves the source basis, identification method, and evidentiary limits behind the Person Profile.
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Identification method
The roster’s English edition lists “Zhang Ruifang” — third name in the “Sentenced to 3 years and 8 months, 3 people” group — with no Chinese characters. The report’s own Chinese edition lists 张瑞芳 in the matching third position of the same three-name group (张述凤、陈德光、张瑞芳）, and the same characters occupy the matching position in the report’s alphabetical 张-surname name index between 张蓉 and 张瑞凤. An independent case notice (zhuichaguoji.org, October 11, 2025) documents 张瑞芳 — female, 69, Chengdu — detained July 8, 2024 and sentenced September 19, 2025 to exactly three years and eight months with a 30,000-yuan fine, matching the roster group precisely. The convergence of position, sentence length, sex/age, city, and practitioner community resolves the identity.
Source chronology
- July 8, 2024 — detention. Officers of the Huangwaijie police station, Qingyang district public security bureau, Chengdu, detained Falun Gong practitioners including Zhang Ruifang (69), searched their homes, and held them at the Chengdu detention center. (Advocacy-source report; no police or court document located.)
- September 19, 2025 — trial and sentencing. The Qingyang District Court tried five practitioners after more than a year in detention. The notice reports Zhang Ruifang was sentenced to three years eight months and fined 30,000 yuan. These are the investigating organization’s attributions, not official findings.
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network / 维权网, Issue 131 monthly report (Chinese and English editions). Lists Zhang Ruifang in the three-person three-year-eight-month-sentence group; classifies entries as political prisoners and prisoners of conscience currently in custody (the report’s dated classification).
Source grading
- Issue 131 report (Chinese + English editions) — the roster source. High for the listing itself (name position, three-person group, sentence classification as of August 31, 2026); provides no case detail beyond the listing.
- zhuichaguoji.org notice, 2025-10-11 (PDF) — independent monitoring/advocacy organization. The only source for detention date, trial date, court, ages, fines, and named officials. Its advocacy framing is not repeated as fact; factual details are attributed to the notice.
Conflicts and caveats
- The formal charge wording is not independently confirmed from a court judgment; it is not stated as established fact.
- The 3y8m roster band neighbors share only a sentence length — no case relationship is established; do not merge.
- The sentence and in-custody listing are dated to September 19, 2025 and August 31, 2026; neither establishes status after those dates.
Evidentiary limitations
No PRC court document or official statement for this case has been located. The investigating organization is an advocacy organization; its accounts are attributed rather than independently verified.