Person profile: Zhang Ruifeng (张瑞凤)
This archive preserves the documented media and monitoring-organization records for the case of Zhang Ruifeng (张瑞凤), a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun, Jilin, detained in a home raid in April 2024 and sentenced to four years and six months in early October 2024. She appealed the sentence. The exact detention date (April 19 vs. April 29, 2024) and the reported sentence end (September vs. October 2028) differ between sources and are recorded as unresolved.
Media records
- Minghui — “长春法轮功学员张瑞凤被非法枉判四年半” (December 30, 2024). Practitioner-run Chinese-language media (established monitoring outlet for Falun Gong cases; the outlet’s framing language not independently verified). Establishes: identity (name, Changchun residence, family housing), home raid and detention (April 29, 2024), detention-center custody, first-instance 4.5-year sentence in early October 2024, appeal filed. Read the report
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 张瑞凤 / Zhang Ruifeng (entered February 11, 2025). Recognized human-rights NGO database. Establishes: identity anchors (name ZH/EN, gender F, Changchun residence), detention (April 19, 2024 per this record), sentence 4 years 6 months (early October 2024), charge unknown, detention location unknown. Links to the Minghui item above as its source. Database search page
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026). Established independent Chinese-language monitoring organization. Establishes: 张瑞凤’s inclusion among in-custody prisoners serving 4 years 6 months; roster-level corroboration of the sentence and current-custody classification. Read the report
Evidence limitations
- Single-case media coverage: one detailed case report (Minghui) plus the CHRD database record that cites it. No mainstream international or domestic media coverage found.
- The CHRD record’s release-date metadata field (September 18, 2028) conflicts with its own bio text (October 18, 2028).
- No court document, verdict, or official procedural record is publicly available.
- No photographs of the subject found in public sources.
- PRC state media, court websites, and official channels carry no record of this case. No consular matter identified.