Wang Haiyan (王海燕) — Media Profile & Archive

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Media Profile & Archive — Wang Haiyan (王海燕). This archive preserves the media and documentary records used to document the case of Wang Haiyan (王海燕), a Falun Gong practitioner from Lanzhou, Gansu, sentenced to four years in prison. Each item below is recorded with its provenance and verification status. Advocacy characterizations in the original sources (such as descriptions of the proceedings as “illegal” or of the persecution as genocidal) are the sources’ own positions and are not adopted as findings.

WOIPFG — “Notice of investigation into those responsible for persecuting Falun Gong practitioner Wang Haiyan in Baiyin City, Gansu” (March 28, 2026)

(World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, opened and read in full: WOIPFG notice (PDF)) Full case narrative: 王海燕, female, 71, living in Lanzhou, Gansu. March 8, 2024 — seized by Jingyuan County Public Security Bureau officers while visiting her mother in Baiyin, after speaking to the public about Falun Gong; taken to Baiyin District Detention Center; her sister Wang Meiyan and son Zhang Xianglong seized the same day, released on bail after police confirmed they did not practice. Case brought to the Baiyin District Procuratorate and Court; tried twice (November 6, 2024 and January 7, 2025); family initially barred from observing, admitted after the lawyer’s intervention; court handcuffed and shackled her and kept her cuffed behind her back during breaks. September 2025 — sentenced to 4 years by the Baiyin District Court; appeal rejected by the Baiyin Intermediate Court; currently held at the Gansu Provincial Women’s Prison. Names the officials and units the organization holds responsible. Source grade: established monitoring organization (founded 2003); primary case narrative; attributed. Verification status: VERIFIED.

CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Database — case record poc_w_00588 (updated April 7, 2026)

(CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Data, Mainland China, opened and read in full: CHRD record) The database’s case file for 王海燕: female, born 1955, living in Lanzhou, Gansu, Falun Gong practitioner. March 2024 — seized by Jingyuan County police for speaking about Falun Gong; September 2025 — sentenced to 4 years by the Baiyin District Court (charge not stated), term to March 2027; appeal rejected December 2025 by the Baiyin Intermediate Court; currently held at Gansu Women’s Prison; listed as “In prison.” Consistent with the WOIPFG notice on every factual point (age 71 in 2026 ≈ born 1955; same seizure month, same court, same sentence, same facility). Source grade: established human-rights monitoring database; independent corroboration; attributed. Verification status: VERIFIED.

Rights Defense Network — Monthly Report Issue 131, August 31, 2026 (Chinese edition)

(维权网, opened and read in full: Issue 131, Chinese edition) 王海燕 appears in the 判刑4年，171人 (sentenced to 4 years, 171 people) group: “…姜莲花、王海燕、孙福梅、孟宪强…” Independent confirmation of the four-year sentence classification and in-custody listing as of August 31, 2026. The bilingual positional equation (ZH group list ↔ EN group list) establishes the characters as 王海燕. Source grade: activist-compiled roster; corroborating listing. Verification status: VERIFIED.

Rights Defense Network — Monthly Report Issue 131, August 31, 2026 (English edition)

(opened and read in full: Issue 131, English edition) “Wang Haiyan” appears in the “Sentenced to 4 years” group between “Jiang Lianhua” and “Sun Fumei,” and in the pinyin-ordered index between “Wang Guiying” and “Wang Haiyuan.” Used for the EN↔ZH positional identity equation. Verification status: VERIFIED.

Source chronology and provenance

March 8, 2024 — seizure in Jingyuan County (WOIPFG; CHRD: March 2024). November 6, 2024 and January 7, 2025 — two trials, Baiyin District Court (WOIPFG). September 2025 — 4-year sentence (WOIPFG; CHRD). December 2025 — appeal rejected, sentence upheld (CHRD; WOIPFG confirms rejection without a date). March 28, 2026 — WOIPFG investigation notice published. April 7, 2026 — CHRD record updated. August 31, 2026 — in-custody listing, 4-year group (Rights Defense Network Issue 131). No international-media, consular, or PRC official/state-media coverage of this individual case was located.

Evidentiary limitations

The charge is not stated in any located source and must not be inferred. The exact date of the sentencing within September 2025 is not given. No further detail is inferred.