Person profile: Yang Xiuhua (杨秀华, Harbin) — Political Prisoner Profile
Case chronology
- 2002 — Ms. Yang is sentenced to three years by the Shuangcheng District Court, Harbin, for practicing Falun Gong, and serves the sentence at the Heilongjiang Women's Prison, where Minghui reports she endured injection with unknown drugs, beatings, force-feeding, freezing, hanging shackles, solitary confinement, and other abuse. (Minghui, June 13, 2025; Chinese Human Rights Defenders)
- November 10, 2024 — She is seized by officers of the station-front police station at Harbin railway station while traveling to a relative's home for a wedding, and placed under criminal detention; she is subsequently arrested and indicted. (Minghui, June 13, 2025; Chinese Human Rights Defenders)
- March 2025 — A local court sentences her to three years in prison; the charge and detention location are not specified in the sources. Her term runs to November 9, 2027. (Minghui, June 13, 2025; Chinese Human Rights Defenders)
- July 15, 2025 — Chinese Human Rights Defenders enters a full case record in its Portraits of Defenders database.
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report Issue 131 lists 杨秀华 in the "sentenced to 3 years, 110 people" in-custody band.
Source records
- Minghui, June 13, 2025, "曾遭监狱药物摧残哈尔滨杨秀华又被枉判三年": full case report — identity (Harbin Shuangcheng Sujiayao), Falun Gong practice, the November 2024 seizure at Harbin railway station, the March 2025 three-year sentence, and a detailed account of the 2002–2005 prison mistreatment. Falun Gong-affiliated media; mistreatment claims and the characterization of the sentence are the outlet's reporting and are presented as such.
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Portraits of Defenders database record for 杨秀华 / Yang Xiuhua (entered July 15, 2025): structured case record — gender, home, belief, 2002 sentence, November 2024 seizure, March 2025 three-year sentence, term to November 9, 2027; cites the Minghui article as its other source. Human-rights NGO documentation; case facts as compiled by the organization.
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report Issue 131, August 31, 2026 (Chinese and English editions): lists 杨秀华 in the "sentenced to 3 years" in-custody band — roster-line corroboration of custody status and sentence length. Independent monitoring organization.
Identity note for readers: a different prisoner, Yang Xiuhua (杨秀花) of Qiqihar — note the different final character, 花 versus 华 — was sentenced to four years in a separate 2024 case; her records are archived separately and must not be confused with this one.
Related records: Yang Xiuhua (杨秀华, Harbin) — Political Prisoner Profile