This archive gathers the available reporting on the case of Guo Yiwei (郭毅巍), a Beijing petitioner from Chaoyang District’s Dongfeng Township, criminally detained on March 2, 2025.
Media records
- Minsheng Observation (民生观察) — March 7, 2023: “郭毅巍欲出门给孩子看病被拘留” — original reporting on the March 4, 2023 incident: Guo, classified as a key petitioner, was blockaded at home by stability-maintenance personnel during the Two Sessions; after a clash over her son’s urgent need for medical care, police placed her under 10-day administrative detention. The report also records the July 26, 2020 forced demolition of her family’s houses and farm in Xiaoxinzhuang without compensation, citing her family’s account. https://msguancha.com/a/lanmu4/2023/0307/22580.html — verified (opened and read in full).
- CHRD prisoner database — entry dated May 7, 2025: case record for 郭毅巍 — female, born 1981-09-12; petitioner after the July 26, 2020 forced demolition; criminally detained March 2, 2025 (Two Sessions day) by Chaoyang police on suspicion of 妨害公务罪； charge changed April 8, 2025 to 寻衅滋事罪 with arrest approved by the Chaoyang Procuratorate; held at Beijing Chaoyang Detention Center, Chaoyang North Road 29. https://tenchu.org — verified live via the CHRD database query.
Coverage gap
No independent coverage of the March 2025 detention was located in three targeted web searches. The CHRD case record is the sole case-bearing source for the 2025 detention; the Minsheng Observation article corroborates her identity and the earlier pattern of Two Sessions confinement.
Evidentiary limitations
- All facts about the demolition and the 2023 incident beyond the reported administrative detention rest on Guo’s family’s account as reported by Minsheng Observation.
- The charge history (initial charge, then changed charge and arrest approval) is per the CHRD case record; no official case document is available.
- No sentence or trial information has been reported; no status information beyond the August 31, 2026 listing as detained awaiting trial is available.
- No PRC official or state-media coverage of this case was located.
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