Person profile: Tian Xiuzhen (田秀贞)
This archive preserves the documented source record behind the Tian Xiuzhen (田秀贞) profile: a Weifang, Shandong Falun Gong practitioner detained December 15, 2025 and sentenced to three years and six months, transferred to the Shandong Provincial Women’s Prison on June 23, 2026. Entries are ordered by publication date. Allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Case chronology
- 2002 — Tian Xiuzhen, a woman from Weizi Town, Changyi City, Weifang, Shandong (born April 1964), begins practicing Falun Gong (CHRD PoC record; Minghui).
- 2006 — Detained for speaking to the public about Falun Gong; sent to 1.5 years of re-education through labor at the Shandong No. 2 Women’s Labor Camp (Wangcun). Minghui reports she was subjected to forced labor, sleep deprivation, and other mistreatment there.
- December 15, 2025 — Detained by the Weifang Public Security Bureau’s State Security (国保) unit for speaking to the public about Falun Gong; held at the Weifang Detention Center. Police searched her rented home and removed large quantities of personal belongings.
- Early June 2026 — It becomes known she has been sentenced to 3 years and 6 months; charge not stated in the records (CHRD term record: sentence through 2029-06-14).
- June 23, 2026 — Transferred to the Shandong Provincial Women’s Prison to serve her sentence.
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report Issue 131 lists 田秀贞 in its 判刑3年6个月 (sentenced 3 years 6 months, 126 people) roster group.
Key source records
- Minghui (明慧网) — “传播大法的美好 山东田秀贞又被枉判入狱” (July 18, 2026): full case narrative — 2006 labor-camp history, the December 2025 detention, the 3.5-year sentence, and the June 23, 2026 prison transfer, with facility contact details for Shandong Provincial Women’s Prison. URL: Minghui case report (independent Chinese-language media, Falun Gong-affiliated; verified read in full 2026-10-09; the source’s characterizations are its account, not independent findings).
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database, record 田秀贞 / “Tian Xiuzhen” (entered 2026-08-21): birth 1964.4, female, Weifang/Changyi; 2006 RTL 1.5 years; arrested 2025-12-15; sentenced 3年6个月 (charge unknown); term to 2029-06-14; transferred to Shandong Provincial Women’s Prison 2026-06-23. Database search page (human-rights NGO monitoring database; verified read 2026-10-09).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (2026-08-31): roster listing of 田秀贞 in the 判刑3年6个月 126-person group, corroborating the sentence classification (verified as roster record).
Limitations and contradictions
The formal criminal charge is not stated in any located record (CHRD lists it as unknown) — no charge is guessed. Trial date, court, and trial details are not documented in the located records. Falun Gong practice and belief-related detention motive, the 2006 labor-camp mistreatment claims, detention dates, facility, home search, sentencing, transfer, and term dates are as reported by CHRD and Minghui — source-stated, not independently verified. “Unjust sentence” descriptions of official conduct are the sources’ characterizations, not published as fact. No consular dimension documented; no PRC official or state-media record of the case located.
Person profile: Tian Xiuzhen (田秀贞)