Profile: Li Yanxia (李艳霞)
This archive preserves the documented media and case records concerning Li Yanxia, a Falun Gong practitioner from Caidian District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, sentenced in 2024 to eight years in prison in connection with her religious practice.
About this archive
The records below are listed with their provenance. Attribution follows the source: facts reported by practitioner-affiliated outlets are identified as such. A different woman with the same written name, resident in Dongguan, Guangdong and sentenced to two and a half years in 2021, is documented as a separate record in the case database and is NOT part of this archive.
Source chronology
- July 7, 2012 — First documented detention. Li Yanxia is detained by Caidian Street police station officers after speaking about Falun Gong in public; she is held at Wuhan No. 1 Detention Center and later sentenced to three years, served at Wuhan Baofeng Road Women’s Prison.
- January 2021 — “Transformation class.” Reporting states Li is taken to a detention facility described as a “transformation class.”
- April 3, 2024 — The Baotong Temple arrest. Li Yanxia is reported to police while speaking about Falun Gong at Baotong Temple in Wuchang District, Wuhan; she is detained and held at Wuhan No. 1 Detention Center.
- Late 2024 — Eight-year sentence reported. It is reported that Li Yanxia has been sentenced to eight years in prison, charge unspecified; she is transferred to Wuhan Baofeng Road Women’s Prison, with the reported term running through April 2, 2032.
- January 16, 2025 — Case report published (Chinese). Practitioner-affiliated outlet Minghui publishes the full case narrative (Caidian origin, Yuejinqiao office post, 2012 history, April 2024 arrest, detention center, 8-year sentence, prison transfer).
- February 6, 2025 — Case-database entry. The human-rights monitoring database records: 李艳霞 / Li Yanxia / F / taken 2024.4.3 / charge unknown / 8 years / term to 2032.4.2 / Wuhan Baofeng Road Women’s Prison, with biographical details matching the case report.
Source records
- Case-database record — 李艳霞 / Li Yanxia. Female; last taken 2024.4.3; charge unknown; sentenced 8 years; term to 2032.4.2; Wuhan Baofeng Road Women’s Prison (English gloss “Hubei Provincial Women’s Prison”); biography notes 1950s birth, Caidian District origin, Yuejinqiao office cadre post, 2012 three-year sentence, 2024 arrest at Baotong Temple. (Human-rights monitoring database; one of exactly two same-name rows — the other is the fenced Guangdong/2.5-year record, documented separately and never merged.)
- Minghui — “武汉七旬法轮功学员李艳霞被非法判刑八年” (January 16, 2025). Full case report: Caidian District, in her seventies, Yuejinqiao industrial/commercial office cadre; July 7, 2012 arrest and three-year sentence; January 2021 “transformation class”; April 3, 2024 Baotong Temple arrest and Wuhan No. 1 Detention Center; late-2024 eight-year sentence. (Chinese-language independent media affiliated with the Falun Gong community; case facts as reported by the outlet.) Read the report
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly roster, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026). 李艳霞 listed in the “sentenced to 8 years, 69 people” group; the English mirror lists “Li Yanxia” in the matching group. (Roster-level anchor only.)
Contradictions and gaps
- The case-database English gloss renders the facility as “Hubei Provincial Women’s Prison” while the Chinese field and the narrative give 武汉市宝丰路女子监狱 (Wuhan Baofeng Road Women’s Prison); the specific facility name is used as canonical here.
- The criminal charge was not specified in any source reviewed.
- No official or state-media coverage of the case was found.
- No information post-dating the 2025 records exists about custody, transfer, or release.
Profile: Li Yanxia (李艳霞)