Zhang Li (张丽) — Guangzhou — Media Archive

Person profile: Zhang Li (张丽) — Guangzhou

This archive preserves the principal published sources documenting the case of Zhang Li (张丽), an accountant from Guangzhou sentenced in 2022.

Case chronology

  • December 16, 2020 — Detained by Yuexiu District police (Datang station); released on bail the same night.
  • January 17, 2022 — Taken into custody again after the Liwan court approved her arrest.
  • September 8, 2022 — Sentenced by the Liwan District Court to five years and six months with a 10,000-yuan fine; reported release date July 16, 2027.
  • August 31, 2026 — Listed in the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly report in the five-years-six-months sentence group.

Source records

  • Minghui (Chinese), June 29, 2023 — “广州法轮功学员张丽女士遭诬判五年半”. Full case narrative matching the database anchors (born September 1960, Yuexiu Guangzhou, accountant, the 2020 detention, the 2022 re-arrest and sentence). Read the article
  • World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, August 6, 2023 — case notice (PDF). Independently corroborates the case facts; an advocacy document, not a judicial finding. Read the notice
  • CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 张丽 / ZHANG LI (entered August 2, 2023). Individual-record database; no stable per-record permalink. Database search page
  • Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026). Roster listing in the five-years-six-months sentence group. Read the report

Evidentiary limitations

  • The charge of conviction and the place of detention have not been publicly reported.
  • Minghui’s earlier-detention history (1999–2019) is single-source and unattributed beyond that outlet.
  • The July 16, 2027 release date is single-source (CHRD).
  • Minghui and the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong use advocacy language; their characterizations must stay attributed if quoted.

See also: the person profile for Zhang Li (张丽)