Mei Guangqin (梅广芹） — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the documented record of the case of Mei Guangqin (梅广芹）, a Falun Gong practitioner from Mulan County, Harbin, sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment in 2025. See also the person profile.
Case chronology (as reported by the cited sources)
- Before November 2001 — Detained by the Mulan County public security political-protection section. (Minghui, 2025-11-22)
- January 12, 2004 — Seized by guards at the Mulan County No. 2 Detention Center while distributing Falun Gong materials there; held inside, staged a hunger strike, and was collected by family when weakened. (Minghui, 2025-11-22)
- June 4, 2011 — Detained by Xinxin township police while distributing materials at a Mulan market; held 15 days in the detention center. (Minghui, 2025-11-22)
- April 12, 2022 — Six officers from the Mulan No. 2 police station raided Mei’s home, seizing a wall calendar and three books; her sister Mei Guangli arrived during the raid and both were taken to the county public security bureau, refusing to sign statements, and were released that evening. (Minghui, 2025-11-22)
- Late June 2022 — Mei Guangqin, her sister Mei Guangli, and fellow practitioner Hou Guofan (侯国范） were seized at a Mulan market for telling people about Falun Gong by Lidong police-station officers; after two days they were released on guarantor-pending-trial status. Mei Guangqin and Mei Guangli left home to avoid further detention. (Minghui, 2025-11-22)
- April 13, 2023 — Police seized sister Mei Guangli from her home and took her to the Harbin detention center; she was later sentenced to three and a half years and transferred to Harbin Prison. (Minghui, 2025-11-22; prisoners-of-conscience case record for 梅广丽）
- April 2, 2025 (night) — Harbin public-security and Mulan domestic-security police seized Mei Guangqin from her home and took her to Harbin for detention. (Prisoners-of-conscience case record; Minghui, 2025-11-22)
- October 29, 2025 — The Yilan County People’s Court (Harbin) sentenced Mei Guangqin to three years and six months; recorded term through October 1, 2028. (Prisoners-of-conscience case record; Minghui, 2025-11-22)
Source records preserved
- Minghui, “给百姓传真相 黑龙江梅广芹被枉判三年半” (2025-11-22): dedicated case report profiling Mei Guangqin (spelled 梅广芹， alternate 梅广琴 in parens), her sister Mei Guangli (alternate 梅广莉 in parens), the 2022 market incident, the April 2025 arrest, and the October 29, 2025 sentencing by the Yilan County Court. Source type: independent Chinese-language media. Status: verified (opened; read in full).
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders prisoners-of-conscience database — case record for 梅广芹 (entered 2025-12-15): name, sex (F), born 1950s, last detention 2025-04-02, charge unknown, sentence 3 years 6 months, term to 2028-10-01, facility unknown, with case summary and the Minghui report link. Source type: human-rights monitoring database. Status: verified (content read; fields match).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网） monthly report, Issue 131 (2026-08-31): Mei Guangqin listed in the name index and placed in the three-and-a-half-year sentence group alongside Mei Guangli. Source type: established monitoring organization. Status: verified (prior read; reused).
Evidentiary notes
- The available records do not specify the criminal charge or Mei Guangqin’s current detention facility.
- The Minghui report gives alternate spellings of both sisters’ names in parentheses (梅广芹/梅广琴； 梅广丽/梅广莉） — treated as spelling variants of the same persons, not as separate individuals.
- The 2001–2022 incidents are documented only in the Minghui report (single-source lineage for the early history).
- Minghui material is presented with attribution; its characterizations of the proceedings are the outlet’s own.
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