Person profile: He Chen （何趁）.
This archive preserves the documented record on He Chen （何趁）, the Zhoukou Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to three years in 2023–2026.
Case chronology — 2023–2026
- Around November 15, 2023: Taken from her home in the Xiwang residential community of Zhoukou; police search the residence. An earlier attempt to seize her at another home (Beichen Guiyuan) had failed when she was not present. (Minghui)
- 2023–2024: Held at the Zhoukou City Detention Center and put through the criminal process. The Chuanhui District Court sentences her to 3 years. She appeals; the sentence is upheld. (Minghui)
- Shortly before the January 2025 report: Transferred to the Henan Xinxiang Women’s Prison. The sentence term runs to November 14, 2026. (Minghui; CHRD)
- August 31, 2026: Listed in the 维权网 Issue 131 monthly report in the three-year-sentence subgroup. Roster evidence only.
Earlier detention — 2011
- July 14, 2011: Visiting a friend’s home, she is seized by police from the Qiyi Road station together with 610 Office and state-security officers and township officials, and held for 37 days. (Minghui)
Sources preserved
- Minghui, January 23, 2025 — “河南周口市妇女何趁被非法判刑三年入冤狱” (https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2025/1/23/河南周口市妇女何趁被非法判刑三年入冤狱-488967p.html): the full case report — birth December 1967, Chuanhui residence, Bayi Steel Plant work history, the November 2023 seizure, the 3-year sentence, the upheld appeal, the transfer to Xinxiang Women’s Prison, and the 2011 detention. Read in full; anchors match CHRD exactly.
- CHRD (Chinese Human Rights Defenders) Prisoners of Conscience database — 何趁 entry (entered February 18, 2025; source: https://tenchu.org): the identity anchor — exact name match, matching birth date, residence, arrest date, sentence, and term end; cites the Minghui article as its source. Verified live via the CHRD database query. (CHRD’s case record depends on the Minghui source and is not independent corroboration.)
Context (per Minghui’s reporting)
Minghui’s 2025 statistical review reports at least 276 instances of persecution of Henan Falun Gong practitioners in 2022–2023, including at least 43 sentences. This is presented as Minghui’s own accounting and is not independently verified.
What remains unreported
- The criminal charge (not stated by any source). The trial date. Any detail of the appeal proceeding beyond the outcome.
- Sentence completion or release (unreported — the term-end date is stated; release is not inferred).
- Her beliefs beyond Falun Gong practice as sourced. No assertion about the roster’s “He Chen” romanization as evidence of pronunciation — the attested pairing is 何趁 ↔ “He Chen” per CHRD.
- No PRC official or state-media coverage of this case was located; no consular or diplomatic attention was found. Nothing official exists to report; no official statement is implied.
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