This archive collects the documented reporting on Chen Changlan (陈昌兰), a Chongqing Falun Gong practitioner serving a four-and-a-half-year prison term. It preserves the source chronology, provenance, and evidentiary limits.
Case chronology
- 2004-11-06 — Arrested with Ren Xiaoling while distributing Falun Gong materials in Caijia Town, Jiangjin; held at Jiangjin Detention Center. (Minghui 2004-12-27)
- 2004-11-22 — Each sentenced to 1.5 years forced labor; taken to Maojiashan Women’s Forced Labor Camp, Chongqing. (Minghui 2004-12-27; 2006-07-01)
- 2010-04 — Arrested for speaking about Falun Gong in Jiangjin; home ransacked; held at Jiangjin Detention Center. (Minghui 2012-08-08)
- 2010 (date unspecified) — Sentenced to 3.5 years; held in No. 2 Prison District, Chongqing Women’s Prison; described as emaciated and weak. (Minghui 2012-08-08)
- 2020-11-16 — Harassed at home by Jiulongpo District government staff; threatened with daily visits and a brainwashing center; portion of pension deducted. (Minghui 2020-12-12)
- 2022-09-16 — Arrested at home by Jiulongpo Police Department; held at Jiulongpo District Detention Center. (Minghui 2024-01-14)
- ~2023-09 — Sentenced to 4.5 years by Jiulongpo District Court (“secretly,” per family confirmation); reported held at Chongqing Women’s Prison. (Minghui 2024-01-14; 2025-04-11)
- 2024-02-28 — Prisoners-of-conscience database record updated: in prison, listed release 2027.3.15. (tenchu.org POCD)
- 2026-08-31 — Issue 131 roster snapshot lists “Chen Changlan” among current-custody cases. (Rights Defense Network / 维权网)
Source provenance and grades
- Minghui.org (all case facts): practitioner-run outlet; the 2022–2023 case is reported in two separate articles (2024-01-14 main report, 2025-04-11 corroboration) with consistent anchors (arrest date, Jiulongpo, 4.5 years). “Secretly sentenced” is the outlet’s characterization; details the outlet itself says “aren’t clear.”
- tenchu.org Prisoners of Conscience Database (Chinese-language row 陈昌兰 ↔ “Chen Changlan”): in-prison listing with a listed release date; record updated 2024-02-28. The release date is the database’s listed value, not independently confirmed; it is arithmetically consistent with a 4.5-year term counted from the September 2022 arrest.
- Issue 131 roster (维权网), 2026-08-31: provides the name “Chen Changlan” in the current-custody A–Z list only.
Conflicts, caveats, and evidentiary limits
- The 2020-12-12 report says she “has been sentenced to forced labor and two jail terms over the last ten years.” The documented trail shows one forced-labor term (2004–2006) and one confirmed prison term (2010, 3.5 years) before 2020. The count may reflect loose phrasing or an undocumented term; it is not independently reconciled — treated as a source claim, not a verified fact.
- No criminal charge or code article is stated in any source; none appears in this archive.
- The exact sentencing date (~September 2023) and the “secret” characterization rest on the family’s account as reported by Minghui.
- Ages (“around 69,” “around 70,” “65 years old,” “in her fifties”) are outlet estimates from different years, consistent with a single aging person; not exact dates of birth.
- No conflicting identity evidence was found, but 陈国兰 (Chen Guolan) of Kaili, Guizhou is a different person — never merged with this case.
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