Media Profile & Archive — Jia Xiaoyu (贾小玉)
This archive preserves the media record of the case of Jia Xiaoyu (贾小玉), the Shunping County mother sentenced to four years’ imprisonment for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” in connection with her petitioning over her vaccine-injured son. See the full Person profile: Jia Xiaoyu (贾小玉).
Case chronology (as reported)
- May 2016 — Jia Yaojie is born in Taiyu Township, Shunping County.
- July 28, 2016 — The infant receives an oral polio vaccine at the township clinic; by late August he shows left lower-limb paralysis.
- December 7, 2016 — A Hebei provincial expert panel concludes the case is an abnormal vaccination reaction.
- December 13, 2018 — The Baoding Medical Association assesses the boy’s disability as grade two, class C.
- December 2018 – March 2019 — Jia publicly seeks donations in Beijing (Qianmen, Wangfujing) over her son’s treatment costs.
- 2022 — Jia petitions the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration multiple times.
- February 1, 2023 — Jia is forcibly intercepted by Shunping officials after petitioning and taken back to the county.
- February 2, 2023 — Administrative detention on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” twice extended.
- March 12, 2023 — Transferred to criminal detention; arrest approved March 25, 2023.
- October 20, 2023 — Trial reported.
- November 27, 2023 — Shunping court sentences Jia to four years’ imprisonment. Term: March 12, 2023 – March 11, 2027.
- August 31, 2026 — Listed in custody in the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 prisoner report (4-year sentence group).
Media and source record
民生观察 (msguancha.com), “公民贾小玉被判四年有期徒刑” — December 16, 2023.
Original reporting on the sentencing, with the full procedural timeline (interception, repeated administrative detentions, criminal detention, arrest, trial, verdict) and the family’s account of the son’s medical history and the compensation dispute with the county government. Establishes: name, gender, Hebei/Shunping origin, vaccine-injury background, charge, 4-year sentence, case dates. Opened and read in full. URL: https://msguancha.com/a/lanmu13/2023/1216/23173.html
Radio Free Asia, Mandarin service — report dated December 3, 2023.
Cited in the CHRD database record as a source on the case. Not directly opened during this preparation round; citation carried from the CHRD record. URL: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/2-12032023113438.html
China Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database (CHRD).
Database record for 贾小玉 / Jia Xiaoyu (record entered January 17, 2024): female; last taken February 1, 2023; charge 寻衅滋事罪； 4-year sentence, March 12, 2023 – March 11, 2027; detention location unknown; bio identifies her as the Shunping mother of a vaccine-injured child and cites the two reports above. Verified against the live database this run.
Provenance and limitations
- The detailed chronology above comes from one original news report (民生观察） and its summary of the family’s account. Court documents have not been located; the verdict’s contents are reported by the media, not independently verified against a judgment.
- Jia’s current detention facility is unknown; her custody status after August 31, 2026 is unverified.
- Statements attributed to Jia and her family are recorded as reported by the sources, not as independently verified fact.
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