This archive collects the documented reporting on Dou Lina (also styled “Ms. Dou Lina” in English-language sources), a Falun Gong practitioner from Siping City, Jilin Province. Identity note: the 2026 roster listing and the 2018 profile are linked by name, faith, and province only; the identity match is graded probable, not strong, and no source connects the 2026 listing to specific new charges, arrest date, or sentence.
Source chronology
- 1997: Begins practicing Falun Gong; attributes recovery from illnesses to the practice. (Minghui, July 2018)
- 1999: Arrested in Beijing while appealing for the right to practice; taken to a forced labor camp. (Minghui, July 2018)
- 2008: Arrested; sentenced to three years in prison. (Minghui, July 2018)
- 2008–2011 (sentence period): Held in Heizuizi Prison. Documented abuses, as reported: forced motionless sitting on a small bench from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00–2:00 p.m. the next day; “death bed” torture (limbs tied to bedposts, body stretched); urine-soaked mop forced into mouth, breaking a front tooth; television and music volume raised to mask screams; denial of restroom use; “brainwashing” sessions on the prison’s second floor; inmate watcher identified as Wang Lixin. (Minghui, July 2018)
- August 31, 2026: Listed in the Rights Defense Network Issue 131 in-custody roster as “Dou Lina” (roster claim; no case details published).
Source record
- Minghui (English edition), July 26, 2018 — “Ms. Dou Lina Tortured in Heizuizi Prison”: the only located biographical profile — Siping City resident; began practice 1997; 1999 forced-labor camp after a Beijing appeal; 2008 three-year sentence; Heizuizi Prison torture account. Full report
- Rights Defense Network / 维权网 — Issue 131 monthly report, August 31, 2026: current-custody listing of “Dou Lina” — a dated roster claim; the publisher is to click-verify the live roster entry before relying on it.
Evidentiary limitations
- All substantive biographical facts come from one practitioner-run source (Minghui). No corroborating or conflicting account has been located; the record is thin, not contested.
- All torture details are attributed to the Minghui July 2018 profile. Neither the courts nor the authorities have commented publicly on her case.
- The circumstances of any post-2011 detention have not been located in any published source; the 2026 roster listing should be read as a roster claim awaiting corroboration, and current custody must not be presented as fact beyond that dated listing.
- Her Chinese name has not been located in any source checked — this archive does not print a guessed form.
- Do not merge with Dou Changying (adjacent roster name; separate person) or with Dou Hongxia (Qingdao Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to 4 years in 2015) — similar surname only.
See also
The profile page for Dou Lina gathers her biography, the case narrative, and current status in full.