Person profile: Du Shuhui / 杜淑惠
This archive collects the published records documenting the case of Du Shuhui (杜淑惠), a Falun Gong practitioner from Mian County, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, detained in December 2023 and sentenced in January 2025 to four years in prison. Sources are graded; facts are presented as reported, not as independently verified findings.
Case chronology
- 1996 — Begins practicing Falun Gong.
- July 1999 onward — Detained repeatedly at labor camps, detention centers, and prisons, per the CHRD record.
- 2013 — Sentenced by the Mian County Court to eight years in prison, per the CHRD record; the judgment was not independently reviewed.
- December 7, 2023 — Detained at her home; held at the Hanzhong City Hantai District Detention Center.
- January 10, 2025 — Sentenced by the Mian County Court to four years in prison with a 6,000-yuan fine; charge not reported; stated release date December 6, 2027.
- January 16, 2026 — CHRD record last updated.
- August 31, 2026 — Listed by the Rights Defense Network among in-custody political prisoners serving four-year sentences.
Published source records
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database (recognized human-rights NGO), individual record for 杜淑惠 / “Du Shuhui”, updated January 16, 2026 — the core identity and case record: birth year 1950, Mian County residence, retired accountant of the urban-construction bureau, practice since 1996, repeated detentions since July 1999, the 2013 eight-year sentence, the December 7, 2023 detention, the January 10, 2025 four-year sentence with a 6,000-yuan fine (charge unknown), and the December 6, 2027 release date. The database is the individual-record source named by the Rights Defense Network’s Issue-131 report. Database search page.
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) (rights monitoring organization), Issue 131 monthly in-custody report, August 31, 2026 — lists “Du Shuhui” as a current-intake roster entry; carries no Chinese characters and no case facts.
- Bounded web search (October 2026) — searches for the case report behind the CHRD record’s generic minghui.org citation did not surface a specific article. A Minghui report on this case may exist; it is invited for supplementation when identified.
Disambiguation record (do not merge)
Yu Shuhui / 余树惠 — a 1965-born Chongqing Falun Gong practitioner serving a 3.5-year sentence — is a different person. The surnames differ (杜 vs 余); the records must not be merged.
Evidentiary limitations
No official court judgment or state-media record of this case has been located. The criminal charge of conviction has not been reported and is not inferred. The 2013 eight-year sentence is database-reported only. No consular or diplomatic dimension applies.
Person profile: Du Shuhui (杜淑惠)