Zhao Caixia (赵彩霞) — Media Profile & Archive
Person profile: Zhao Caixia (赵彩霞)
This archive collects verified media and documentary records concerning Zhao Caixia (赵彩霞), a retired textile-factory worker from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, who was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in connection with her practice of Falun Gong.
Case record
The Chinese Human Rights Defenders Prisoners of Conscience database records: 赵彩霞, female, born 1952, resident of Acheng District, Harbin City; retired employee of the Harbin Acheng Textile Printing and Dyeing Factory, former deputy chief of quality inspection; Falun Gong practitioner since 2005. Detained April 25, 2025; case handled by the Harbin Railway Transport Procuratorate and Court; sentenced to 2 years 6 months plus a 2,000-yuan fine, charge unspecified; detention location unknown; sentence term to October 24, 2027.
Reporting
Minghui (October 2, 2025) reported that Zhao, then 73, was detained with her sister Zhao Caihong at Harbin railway station on April 25, 2025, after police found Falun Gong materials in their luggage. The report states she was criminally detained at Harbin’s Second Detention Center, indicted by the Harbin Railway Transport Procuratorate on July 28, tried by the Harbin Railway Transport Court on September 16 with a family-hired lawyer pleading not guilty, and sentenced to two and a half years with a 2,000-yuan fine. Minghui is a Falun Gong-run outlet; its account is presented as reported and has not been independently corroborated by non-advocacy sources. An English translation of the same report was published by Minghui’s English edition on October 6, 2025.
Source chronology
- 2005 — began practicing Falun Gong (per CHRD/Minghui).
- April 25, 2025 — detained at Harbin railway station with her sister; homes searched; criminal detention at Harbin Second Detention Center (per Minghui).
- July 28, 2025 — case transferred to Harbin Railway Transport Procuratorate (per Minghui/CHRD).
- Late August 2025 — indicted to Harbin Railway Transport Court (per Minghui).
- September 16, 2025 — trial; lawyer’s not-guilty plea; prosecutor recommended 2.5–3.5 years (per Minghui).
- October 2, 2025 — Minghui reports a 2.5-year sentence plus a 2,000-yuan fine.
- October 24, 2027 — sentence term end (per CHRD).
Evidentiary limitations
The charge is unspecified in all available sources. No official judgment document or state-media record was found in a bounded search. No independent non-advocacy source has corroborated the case. Claims about the legality of the detention, family circumstances, and treatment are attributed to Minghui and should be read as such.