Profile
Zhang Yagang (张亚刚) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Fuxin City, Liaoning Province. In 2025 he was arrested after posting his own calligraphy works on the Kuaishou platform, and on May 26, 2025 he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison with a 5,000-yuan fine.
Status: in custody — listed among political prisoners currently in custody in the Rights Defense Network’s August 2026 monthly report (status date: August 31, 2026); his documented sentence ends November 25, 2027.
What is documented about his case
The following is reported by the CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database record cited in the media archive below; the charge and the detention location are recorded as unknown. No independent court document was available.
- Arrest. In 2025, Zhang Yagang posted his own calligraphy works on the “Kuaishou” platform. Police arrested him, then released him on bail (2,000 yuan) under the 取保候审 procedure; the case was subsequently transferred to the procuratorate.
- Indictment and trial. The procuratorate indicted the case to the court.
- Sentencing. On May 26, 2025, the Fumeng County Court of Fuxin City sentenced Zhang Yagang to two years and six months in prison and a 5,000-yuan fine. The sentence runs to November 25, 2027.
A note on an earlier record
A 2014 report documents the arrest of a Falun Gong practitioner named Zhang Yagang in Fuxin City (arrested March 21, 2014 at his store; held at the Fumeng County Detention Center). No source connects that 2014 detention to the 2025 sentencing described above, and the two records are kept separate in the archive below.
What is not documented
No source found records the specific criminal charge, the detention facility, or a copy of the verdict. The account of the events appears only in the sources cited below.