Zhu Yuzhen (朱玉珍) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the source record behind the Zhu Yuzhen 朱玉珍 profile: it covers the 2021 Huainan demolition, the failed complaints and Beijing petition, the Douyin publicity, the January 2023 “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” prosecution, and the August 2026 detained-without-trial listing, with provenance and limitations noted. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Freedom House — “China Dissent Monitor, Report Issue 5 (July–September 2023)”
(Opened and read in full: https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2023-12/CDM-Report-Issue5-12-2023.pdf). The “Forced demolition case ignites indignation” case study (case 1603): property belonging to Zhu Yuzhen in Huainan demolished by the local government without consent in 2021; failed local complaints; her husband Luo Qigang’s Beijing petition and Douyin posts; both spouses prosecuted for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” with Zhu’s prosecution dated January 2023; and the case’s wide online attention, including tens of thousands of comments on one NetEase post. Source grade: U.S.-based democracy research organization; primary case record.
维权网 — August 2026 monthly report, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026)
维权网《中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告（2026年8月31日）第131期（共1638人）, mirrored in English and Chinese. Lists 朱玉珍 / “Zhu Yuzhen” in the “detained without trial” group (Anhui regional group). The report supplies no biographical detail beyond the custody status; it is the source for her classification as in custody as of August 2026. Source grade: monitoring organization; single-source roster fact. Opened and read in both the Chinese and English editions.
FreeChina.live — “Luo Qigang / 罗其刚” (post 14807)
(Opened and read: https://freechina.live/uncategorized/luo-qigang/). The neighbor’s published profile embeds the same case account — Zhu as Luo’s wife, the 2021 Huainan demolition, the January 2023 “picking quarrels” prosecution — and notes the August 2026 roster places her among those detained awaiting trial. Source grade: internal cross-reference; not independent evidence.
Source conflicts and limitations
No contradictions were found between the sources: the roster’s Anhui regional group matches Huainan, and the detained-awaiting-trial listing is consistent with a January 2023 prosecution with no sentence on record. Gaps: no court judgment or official charging document for Zhu Yuzhen’s January 2023 prosecution has been located; no state-media report on the case was found; her age, occupation, detention facility, and the current disposition of the prosecution are unreported. No conviction or sentence should be inferred: the latest record lists her as detained awaiting trial. She must never be conflated with 周玉祯 (Zhou Yuzhen, Jinzhou, Liaoning Falun Gong practitioner) — different characters, province, and case.
Person profile: Zhu Yuzhen 朱玉珍