Author: Free China Movement

Zhou Caifan / 周彩凡 Classification: Rights activist; victim of punitive psychiatric detention (“being forcibly psychiatrized”); no formal criminal charge on record. In-custody status unconfirmed since August 2021; listed in the Rights Defense Network in-custody roster as of August…

Zhong Yimei (钟以美) — Media Archive See also: Zhong Yimei (钟以美). This archive preserves the media and documentary record on the case of Zhong Yimei (钟以美), born January 20, 1980, a Falun Gong practitioner and former teacher from…

Zhong Yimei (钟以美) Zhong Yimei (钟以美), born January 20, 1980, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Bijie City, Guizhou Province, and a documented mainland China political prisoner. She was a teacher at the Bijie City Vocational Higher Secondary…

Zhong Liena (钟列娜) — Media Archive See also: Zhong Liena (钟列娜). This archive preserves the media and documentary record on the case of Zhong Liena (钟列娜), a Falun Gong practitioner from Rongcheng District, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, reported…

Zhong Liena (钟列娜) Zhong Liena (钟列娜) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Rongcheng District, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, and a documented mainland China political prisoner. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1998 and was repeatedly detained and punished…

Person profile: Shi Fengxiang / 施凤香 This archive collects the published records documenting the case of Shi Fengxiang (施凤香), a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin, Heilongjiang, sentenced in July 2018 to nine years’ imprisonment. Sources are graded; facts…

Classification: Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin, Heilongjiang; arrested in August 2017; sentenced in July 2018 to nine years in prison; sentence reported to run to September 2026 — current status not independently verified. Background Shi Fengxiang (施凤香), born…

Person profile: 盛丽 / Sheng Li This archive collects the published records documenting the case of 盛丽 (Sheng Li), a Falun Gong practitioner and businesswoman from Shenzhen sentenced in May 2024 to four years in prison. Sources are…

Classification: Falun Gong practitioner and businesswoman from Shenzhen, Guangdong; detained in June 2023; sentenced in May 2024 to four years in prison; reported in custody with a term running to June 2027. Background 盛丽 (Sheng Li), born 1976,…

Person profile: 上官云开 / Shangguan Yunkai This archive collects the published records documenting the case of 上官云开 (Shangguan Yunkai), an investigative journalist from Hubei sentenced in 2024 to an effective eleven years in prison. Sources are graded; facts…