Author: Free China Movement

陈松艳 (Chen Songyan), born 1963, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Beian City, Heilongjiang Province, reported to be serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence. On April 24, 2019, Chen was detained by police near Jinjie in Beian City while…

Person profile: Chen Shigui (陈世贵) Chen Shigui (陈世贵) — Media Profile & Archive This archive preserves the key source records documenting the case of Chen Shigui (陈世贵), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinniu District, Chengdu, sentenced to seven…

Chen Shigui (陈世贵), a man from Jinniu District in Chengdu, Sichuan, is a Falun Gong practitioner serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence handed down in late 2020. Detention and trial On July 10, 2019, Chen was visiting the home…

Person profile: Chen Mingyu (陈明玉) Chen Mingyu (陈明玉) — Media Profile & Archive This archive preserves the key source records documenting the case of Chen Mingyu (陈明玉), a Chongqing rights-defense advocate sentenced to two years and six months…

Chen Mingyu (陈明玉), a rights-defense advocate from Huashi Village, Lianglu Town, Yubei District, Chongqing, is serving a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence after a 2025 trial in Chongqing. Path to advocacy According to a record in the Prisoners of Conscience…

Person profile: Yuan Airong (袁爱荣) This archive preserves the documented media record of the case of Yuan Airong (袁爱荣), a Falun Gong practitioner from Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province, reported to have been sentenced to four years in prison…

Classification: Falun Gong practitioner in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang; sentenced to four years in prison in November 2023; reported in custody as of August 2026. The 2023 mass arrest Yuan Airong (袁爱荣), a woman from Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province, was…

Person profile: Huseyincan Celil (玉山江•吉力力) This archive preserves the documented media and organizational record of the case of Huseyincan Celil (玉山江•吉力力), also rendered Huseyin Celil, a Uyghur-Canadian activist imprisoned in China since 2006. Entries are ordered by publication…

Classification: Uyghur-Canadian activist; imprisoned in China since 2006; reported in custody as of August 2026. Background Huseyincan Celil (玉山江•吉力力), also rendered Huseyin Celil, is a Uyghur activist born on March 1, 1969, in Kashgar, Xinjiang. According to the…

Person profile: Yu Shaolin / 虞少林 This archive preserves the source record behind the Yu Shaolin (虞少林) profile: a preacher of the Century New City Church in Kunming, Yunnan, detained with two co-workers in April 2026 and reported…