Person Profile: Liu Yulian (刘玉莲)
This archive preserves the documented record of the case of Liu Yulian (刘玉莲), a 77-year-old Falun Gong practitioner from Linqing, Shandong, who was detained on May 12, 2026 and reported to have been sentenced to three years in prison thirteen days later.
Record 1 — Minghui (June 2, 2026), “77-year-old Liu Yulian sentenced to three years 13 days after detention.” Reports her biography (born June 1949, Panpengdian Village, began practicing in 1998), her husband Pan Dongsheng’s three-year labor-camp term in 2001, the May 2022 and April 2024 home raids, the November 2025 forced signing at the procuratorate, and the May 12, 2026 detention en route to the fields. Police told the family only that she had been “sentenced to three years.” She was moved to the Jinan Women’s Prison around May 25. The article notes that no part of the judicial process — filing, prosecution review, trial, or legal defense — is publicly known.
Record 2 — Minghui English edition (June 7, 2026), “13 Days After Latest Arrest, 77-Year-Old Shandong Woman Secretly Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong.” The English version of Record 1, confirming the same facts in translation.
Record 3 — 人民报 renminbao.com (September 13, 2026), “Three elderly Falun Gong practitioners wrongfully sentenced — questions remain (part 1).” Places Liu Yulian’s case alongside two other elderly practitioners, repeating the May 12 detention, the “sentenced to three years” police response, and the May 25 transfer to the Jinan Women’s Prison, and raising the same unanswered questions about the court, charge, trial, and lawyer involvement.
Record 4 — CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database entry (entered July 21, 2026). Records Liu Yulian (刘玉莲), female, born June 1949, of Linqing, Liaocheng, Shandong, a Falun Gong practitioner; last taken away May 12, 2026; charge listed as unknown; sentence three years; stated release May 11, 2029; location Shandong Provincial Women’s Prison.
Record 5 — Issue-131 mainland roster position (August 31, 2026). Liu Yulian appears in the 判刑3年 (sentenced to three years, 110 people) group between 滕琴华 and 李桂珍, consistent with the three-year sentence documented above.
Evidentiary limitations
No court, charge, trial record, or verdict document is publicly known; the three-year sentence is attested only by what police told the family and by Falun Gong-affiliated reporting. The stated release date of May 11, 2029 comes from the CHRD database entry and is unverified.