Zhao Shuniao (赵舒妞)
Zhao Shuniao (赵舒妞) is a reported political prisoner in mainland China, listed among in-custody cases in civil-society monitoring.
Zhao Shuniao, born in 1966, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Zhengzhou, Henan Province. According to case records maintained by the Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders and reporting by Minghui.org, she was detained on October 27, 2021, after being reported while speaking with passersby about her beliefs; police then searched her rented home. She had previously been detained for 15 days in 2002 and held in a labor camp for one year in 2003 for practicing Falun Gong.
On July 19, 2023, the Xinzheng City court in Henan heard her case in a session her family was not permitted to attend, and on September 27, 2023, she was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 80,000 yuan. The specific criminal charge and the place where she is being held have not been publicly documented. The reported sentence term runs to October 2029.
Sources: Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database record for 赵舒妞; Minghui.org, “郑州十名法轮功学员被枉判一至八年、勒索罚款” (November 7, 2023); 维权网, “中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告”, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026).
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