This archive collects verified media and documentary records concerning Gu Aimin (顾爱民), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, who was sentenced to seven years and six months in prison in August 2023.
Case record
The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database records: 顾爱民, female, born June 1970, of Donghai Mine, Chengzihe District, Jixi City, Heilongjiang; Falun Gong practitioner since July 1998. Detained April 22, 2023 by Xiangyang police station; sentenced August 2023 by the Jidong County court to 7 years 6 months, charge unspecified, detention location unknown; sentence term to October 21, 2030.
Reporting
Minghui (August 2, 2023) reported that Gu, then 53, had been detained on April 22, 2023, by Xiangyang police station officers and sentenced by the Jidong County court to seven and a half years; she had appealed. The report recounts her earlier history of repeated detention since 1999, torture including rope-tying and forced feeding, and three periods of living away from home totaling about ten years. Minghui is a Falun Gong-run outlet; its account is presented as reported and has not been independently corroborated by non-advocacy sources.
Source chronology
- July 1998: Began practicing Falun Gong. (CHRD; Minghui)
- July 1999 onward: Repeated detentions, home searches, torture; three periods away from home (~10 years total). (Minghui)
- April 22, 2023: Detained by Xiangyang police station. (Minghui; CHRD)
- August 2023: Sentenced to 7 years 6 months by Jidong County court; appeal filed. (Minghui; CHRD)
- October 21, 2030: Sentence term end. (CHRD record)
Archived reports
- Minghui (Chinese edition), August 2, 2023 — “十年漂泊几经酷刑 黑龙江顾爱民被枉判七年半”: the sole narrative report — establishes identity anchors (name ZH, b. 1970-06-12, Jixi Chengzihe Donghai Mine, Falun Gong since 1998-07), the persecution history, the April 22, 2023 detention, the 7.5-year sentence, and the appeal.
- CHRD (Chinese Human Rights Defenders) Prisoners of Conscience database — 顾爱民 / “Gu Aimin” record (entered 2023-09-09): the structured case file cross-confirming item 1 on every anchor; exactly one Chinese-name hit in the full database.
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), Issue 131 monthly report, August 31, 2026: 顾爱民 listed in the 判刑7年6个月 (sentenced 7 years 6 months) group. Roster evidence only.
Evidentiary limitations
- The charge is unspecified in all available sources.
- The detention facility is unknown per CHRD; it must not be stated as fact.
- No outcome of the reported appeal was found in a bounded search.
- No official judgment document or state-media record was found.
- No non-advocacy source has corroborated the case; Minghui’s characterizations of the proceedings are its own, not independently adopted findings.
- Gulimira Aiming (Uyghur) is a different person; none of her records are attached to this case.
Consulate / official-source check
No consular dimension (a PRC citizen detained in the PRC). No PRC court-published judgment, state-media report, or official record of this case was located in bounded searches. Recorded as: not found.
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