Media Profile & Archive — Jiang Wei (姜伟)
This archive preserves the media record of the case of Jiang Wei (姜伟), the Chaoyang, Liaoning practitioner sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment, currently held at the Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison. See the full Person profile: Jiang Wei (姜伟).
Case chronology (as reported)
- 1998 — Jiang Wei begins practicing Falun Gong.
- October 1999 — Sent to three years of re-education through labor.
- April 2004 — Detained again; sentenced to eight years in prison.
- June 2015 — Files a criminal complaint against Jiang Zemin with the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.
- November 9, 2015 — Detained by Chaoyang police; later formally arrested.
- March 21, 2016 — Tried at the Shuangta District Court; sentenced to twelve years.
- October 23, 2016 — Transferred to the Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison. Term runs through November 8, 2027.
- July 11, 2018 — Confined to a solitary cell for fifteen days.
- April 2019 — Moved to the prison’s “concentrated training brigade.”
- May 2021 — Guards inform her daughter she has been sent to a psychiatric hospital and medicated.
- August 31, 2026 — Listed in custody in the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 prisoner report (12-year sentence group).
Media and source record
Minghui (明慧网), “姜伟被辽宁女子监狱投入精神病院迫害” — May 7, 2021.
Full case report: identity (Chaoyang, former hotel owner), the 1999 and 2004 terms, the June 2015 complaint filing, the November 2015 detention, the March 2016 trial and 12-year sentence, the October 2016 prison transfer, abuse episodes in 2018–2019, and the May 2021 psychiatric-hospital report, plus the earlier 2000–2001 psychiatric detention. Establishes every identity anchor. Opened and read in full. URL: https://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2021/5/7/姜伟被辽宁女子监狱投入精神病院迫害-424306.html
Related Minghui reports (titles referenced in the above article; not individually opened this round):
- “姜伟遭折磨全身浮肿 狱警威胁当’精神病’迫害”
- “三年劳教 八年冤狱 姜伟再被冤判十二年”
- “三年劳教 八年冤狱 辽宁姜伟再遭非法批捕”
Recorded here as related-reading pointers from a verified article; full texts were not re-fetched.
China Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database (CHRD).
Database record for 姜伟 / JIANG WEI (record entered December 18, 2019): female; last taken November 9, 2015; charge unknown; 12-year sentence to November 8, 2027; Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison; bio with the hotel-owner, Falun Gong, and prior-term history; cites the Minghui reporting above. Verified against the live database this run.
Provenance and limitations
- The case narrative comes from Minghui, a Falun Gong-affiliated monitoring network, and from the CHRD database. The facts above are recorded as reported by those sources, not as independently verified against court documents; the statutory charge is listed as unknown by CHRD and is not asserted here.
- The June 2015 complaint filing and its stated content are reported by Minghui; no official record has been located.
- Psychiatric-hospital and abuse claims rest on Minghui’s reporting (including family accounts); no independent medical or official records have been located.
- Jiang Wei’s custody status after August 31, 2026 is unverified.
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