Zhao Xihua (赵喜华)
Ms. Zhao Xihua (赵喜华), a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, born October 29, 1964, was sentenced to three years and two months in 2026 for her faith, according to a case report by Minghui.org. The Rights Defense Network’s (维权网) monthly political-prisoners report (Issue 131, August 31, 2026) lists her in its three-year-and-two-month-sentence band, confirming she remains in custody as of that date.
The 2025–2026 case
Ms. Zhao was arrested on August 21, 2025; more than 20 other local Falun Gong practitioners were seized on the same day, according to Minghui.org, a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet. The Daoli District Court in Harbin heard her case on April 23, 2026. The verdict date is not stated, and Minghui reports that it is unclear where she is being held. The Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 report (August 31, 2026) places 赵喜华 in its group of people sentenced to three years and two months, matching the reported sentence.
Earlier targeting
Minghui reports that Ms. Zhao was repeatedly targeted for her faith before this sentence. In January 2001 she was taken to a brainwashing center after refusing to renounce Falun Gong, and she remained there for more than four months; she was later sent to the Wanjia Labor Camp in March 2002 to serve a two-year term. In December 2024, police went to her home while she was away, confiscated her Falun Gong books and valuables, and took her husband to the Chengxu Police Station; she then lived away from home to avoid detention. These details are reported by Minghui and are presented as reported.
Status and evidentiary limits
As of August 31, 2026, the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 report lists Ms. Zhao in its three-year-and-two-month-sentence band with an in-custody classification. The exact verdict date and her current detention facility are not stated by any source; none is given here. The prior persecution history and the December 2024 displacement are single-source (Minghui) claims and stay attributed. The Chinese characters 赵喜华 are identified positionally from the roster’s own Chinese edition; the Minghui report gives no Chinese characters. This profile does not merge Ms. Zhao with the male “Mr. Zhao Xihua” of Tangshan, Hebei documented in 2003-era persecution records — a different person — or with any of the other twelve people in the same sentence band.
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