Li Xiuqin （李秀芹） — Media Profile & Source Archive
This archive preserves the documented media and case records concerning Li Xiuqin （李秀芹）, born 1959, a Falun Gong practitioner from Dalian, Liaoning Province. She was detained on June 11, 2025, by Dalian railway police, held at the Dalian City Detention Center, and sentenced on November 13, 2025, by the Ganjingzi District Court to three years and two months’ imprisonment plus a 20,000-yuan fine, with the formal charge unspecified. Her family appealed. Her case is one of the individual records behind the 13-person three-year-two-month sentencing group reported in the August 2026 mainland political-prisoner monthly listing.
Case chronology
- June 11, 2025: Stopped and searched by plainclothes Dalian railway police (Dalian North Station police station) at the Qianmu Village railway crossing, Ganjingzi District; taken to the police station; home searched that night; transferred to the Dalian City Detention Center （姚家）.
- June 20, 2025: Second home search.
- June 25, 2025: Police question her husband; family submits a request to drop the case — unanswered.
- July 18, 2025 (case report) / July 28, 2025 (prisoner database): Arrest approved by the Dalian Railway Transport Procuratorate. The two sources differ on the date.
- September 15, 2025: Case transferred to the Ganjingzi District Procuratorate for prosecution.
- November 13, 2025: Trial at the Ganjingzi District Court (presiding judge Lu Dandan); family members appear as defense; verdict: three years two months plus 20,000-yuan fine.
- November 27, 2025: Family receives the written verdict; appeal filed.
- Recorded term end: August 10, 2028.
Source records
- 明慧网 (minghui.org) — “大连市法轮功学员李秀芹被非法判刑三年多” (December 5, 2025). Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; correspondent reporting. Documents the June 11 detention, the two home searches, the arrest-approval (July 18), the prosecution transfer, the November 13 trial and sentence, and the appeal filing, with named officials and contact details. Status: opened and read in full; verified as about this person. NOTE: the outlet’s evaluative language (“非法” — “illegal”) reflects the source’s position and is not independently verified. (original article)
- CHRD political-prisoner database record for 李秀芹 / Li Xiuqin (entered January 19, 2026; re-fetched live October 10, 2026). Monitoring-organization prisoner database. Summarizes identity, detention (June 11, 2025, Dalian railway police), arrest approval (July 28, 2025), Ganjingzi prosecution and November 13 trial, 3-year-2-month sentence, Dalian City Detention Center custody, term to August 10, 2028, and cites the minghui article. Status: live-fetched; verified against the article.
Consulate / official-source check
No consular or diplomatic attention to this case has been reported. No PRC court judgment or official statement naming Li Xiuqin in this case has been located. All custody and sentencing facts are reported by monitoring sources only.
Contradictions and gaps
- Arrest-approval date: July 18, 2025 (case report) vs July 28, 2025 (database record) — unresolved.
- Formal charge: unspecified in both sources — unknown.
- Appeal outcome: unknown; no result located.
- No independent court document or official record located; no corroboration from established international media.
See also the person profile for Li Xiuqin （李秀芹）.