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Rights Network: Monthly Report on Political and Conscience Prisoners — Issue 131
- Publisher: Rights Network / 维权网
- Report date: August 31, 2026
- Reporting snapshot: through August 29, 2026
- Source class: Civil-society monitoring database
- Last verified: August 31, 2026
Original Chinese title: 《中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告》第131期
Canonical source: Rights Network / 维权网 — Issue 131
Free China editorial summary
Rights Network says Issue 131 lists 1,638 political and conscience prisoners, records 40 releases learned during the month, 30 new developments involving people already in custody, and 34 newly reported cases—6 criminal detentions or forced disappearances and 28 newly reported sentences.
Evidence qualification: This is a civil-society monitoring dataset, not an official government registry or an independently audited national census. The 1,638 figure must not be presented as a definitive total of all political and conscience prisoners in China. The source itself notes that its list is incomplete and may contain errors requiring correction.
Historical-use notice: This record preserves the report as an August 2026 source snapshot. Later developments should be verified against newer reports and case-specific sources.
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