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)