This archive collects media and organizational reporting on the case of Han Chunlong, a Liaoning Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in March 2024 and held in Jinzhou Prison.
Person profile: Han Chunlong
Case timeline
- December 11, 2012 — arrested in Dandong City, Liaoning, while on a business trip with colleague Chen Xinye; detained at the Dandong Detention Center, where Minghui reports he was beaten, force-fed during a hunger strike, and tortured.
- 2013 — tried in the Zhenxing District Court, Dandong; sentenced to four years’ imprisonment; served 2012–2016.
- October 2, 2023 — arrested again for practicing Falun Gong in Heishan County, Liaoning.
- February 27, 2024 — tried in the Dadong District Court.
- March 25, 2024 — sentenced to four years’ imprisonment with a 30,000-yuan fine.
- 2024 — appeal to the Shenyang City Intermediate Court; verdict upheld. One report dates the ruling May 15, 2024; another gives no date.
- August 2024 — admitted to Division 9, Jinzhou Prison.
- October 13 – November 26, 2024 — solitary confinement for 45 days after refusing to squat on a guard’s order.
- July 26 – August 9, 2025 — solitary confinement for 15 days after refusing forced labor; Minghui reports pepper water was sprayed into his face.
- December 2, 2025 – January 2, 2026 — third solitary confinement; family visits barred.
- Early January 2026 — family visitation rights revoked for three months.
Source links
- Minghui.org, January 15, 2026 — family visitation rights revoked after solitary confinement.
- Minghui.org, December 23, 2025 — third solitary confinement.
- Minghui.org, September 14, 2025 — solitary confinement while serving sentence.
- Minghui.org, January 16, 2025 — 45 days of reported correctional programming.
- Minghui.org, November 13, 2024 — four-year sentence, solitary confinement, and denied family visits.
- Minghui.org, August 29, 2013 — reported mistreatment of Han Chunlong and Chen Xinye.
- Minghui.org, February 11, 2013 — wrongful-arrest and mistreatment allegations.
- Rights Defense Network / 维权网, Issue 131, August 31, 2026 — roster entry “Han Chunlong,” reproduced on FreeChina.live.
Source provenance and caveats
Minghui.org is the sole detailed reporting lineage located for this case. Its reports from 2013 through 2026 form a consistent identity chain, but FreeChina.live has not independently verified the reported torture, force-feeding, solitary-confinement, pepper-spray, and other prison-abuse allegations.
The appeal ruling date is unresolved: one report gives May 15, 2024, while another says the appeal was rejected on an unknown date. Reports also give different ages at different dates; no exact birth date is stated here. Custody is presented only through dated source reporting and the August 31, 2026 roster listing.