Case chronology
- 2001 — Mr. Yang Xingli, 34, a Jishu Town resident of Shulan City, Jilin Province, is documented among detained Falun Gong practitioners: he had gone to Beijing to appeal and been detained twice, and was sent to a mental institution after a hunger strike. (Minghui, March 25, 2001)
- 2002–2008 — During terms in the Jiutai Forced Labor Camp, Mr. Yang is subjected to repeated beatings and torture, according to Minghui’s reporting. (Minghui, August 25, 2024)
- May 25, 2023 — Mr. Yang is arrested for writing messages about Falun Gong in public areas; detained ten days and released. (Minghui, August 25, 2024)
- July 2023 — Officers of the Zhanqian Police Station arrest him again; he is held at the Jilin City Detention Center. (Minghui, August 25, 2024)
- Mid-August 2024 — Minghui confirms Mr. Yang has been secretly sentenced to three and a half years in prison and has appealed. No further procedural details are public. (Minghui, August 25, 2024)
- August 31, 2026 — A monthly monitoring report lists 杨兴理 among 126 people recorded as serving sentences of three years and six months, indicating he remained in custody at that date. (Rights Defense Network)
Source records
1. Minghui (English), August 25, 2024 — “Jilin Man Secretly Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong.” The core sentencing record: Mr. Yang Xingli of Shulan City, Jilin Province; arrested May 25, 2023 and again July 2023; secretly sentenced to 3.5 years (confirmed mid-August 2024); appeal filed; prior persecution history since 1999 including labor camps, a psychiatric hospital, job loss, and torture at Jiutai Forced Labor Camp. Source type: Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; procedural and torture claims are the outlet’s. Verification: opened and read in full this pass; 3.5-year sentence and Shulan/Jilin anchors corroborated by the independent Rights Defense Network roster.
2. Minghui (English), March 25, 2001 — “A Partial List of Names of Falun Dafa Practitioners Illegally detained in Shulan City, Jilin Province.” Entry #163: “Yang Xingli, male, age 34, a Jishu Town resident, went to Beijing to appeal and was detained twice. He was sent to a mental institution because he went on a hunger strike.” Earliest dated anchor; implies birth about 1967. Verification: opened and read; entry located in-page this pass.
3. Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report, August 31, 2026 — 中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告, Issue 131. Places 杨兴理 in the “sentenced to 3 years and 6 months, 126 people” group and in the pinyin-ordered name index, establishing that he was still recorded in custody as of that date. Source type: recognized independent monitoring organization. Verification: report read directly; Chinese and English editions cross-checked positionally.
What remains undocumented
No official court judgment, procuratorate notice, or state-media coverage of the 2023–2024 case has been publicly located. The court that imposed the three-and-a-half-year sentence, the exact sentencing date, the outcome of the appeal, the prison where Mr. Yang is serving his term, and the exact end date of the term are not publicly documented.
Related records
The person profile for this case: Yang Xingli (杨兴理). Other practitioners named in the 2001 Shulan list are separate individuals with their own records and are not merged here.
Related: Yang Xingli (杨兴理) — Person profile