Person profile: Li Xueyi (李学贻)
This archive preserves the documented media and case records concerning Li Xueyi, a Falun Gong practitioner from Linxia City, Gansu Province, sentenced in 2024 in connection with his religious practice.
About this archive
The records below are listed with their provenance. Attribution follows the source: facts reported by practitioner-affiliated outlets are identified as such.
Source chronology
- March 22, 2000 — First documented detention. Li Xueyi, then a high-school senior in Linxia, is taken from his home; an officer’s beating causes lasting hearing damage.
- 2002 — Forced dropout and labor camp. Forced to abandon university in Xi’an; detained June 10, 2002 in Yongjing County; one year of forced labor (served outside the camp).
- January 16, 2006 — Detention and torture. Detained by Dengjiapo police, Xi’an; 45 days at Yanta District Detention Center; one year at Zaozihe Forced Labor Camp, Baoji.
- June 28, 2011 — Four-year sentence. Detained in Xi’an; sentenced to four years by the Linxia County Court; transferred to Tianshui Prison on January 9, 2012.
- March 31 – April 1, 2023 — The Yulin case. Li Xueyi and co-worker Wei Suichun distribute informational materials at the Yushen Industrial Park, Yulin; reported; detained April 1, 2023.
- May 9, 2023 — Arrests approved. Yuyang District Procuratorate approves the arrests.
- April 15, 2024 — Sentencing reported (Chinese). Minghui reports Li Xueyi sentenced to three and a half years by the Yulin City Court; held at Yuyang District Detention Center; reported slated for Weinan Prison; term through September 30, 2026.
- April 18, 2024 — Sentencing reported (English). English edition carries the same report (syndicated copy).
- May 11, 2024 — Case-database entry. Human-rights case database records: 李学贻 / Li Xueyi / male / taken 2023-03-31 / 3 years 6 months / term to 2026-09-30 / Yuyang District Detention Center, Yulin.
Source records
- Case-database record — 李学贻 / Li Xueyi, male; last taken 2023-03-31; sentenced 3 years 6 months; term to 2026-09-30; Yuyang District Detention Center, Yulin; bio notes family persecution and Weinan Prison transfer report. (Human-rights monitoring database; single unique record. Note: the bio text prints the name with an unverified parenthetical variant 李学怡; no separate database record exists for that variant.)
- “曾被殴打失聪 李学贻又被非法判刑” — Minghui, April 15, 2024. Full case report: biographical history (2000–2012 detentions), the March–April 2023 Yulin arrest with co-defendant Wei Suichun, May 2023 arrest approval, and the 3.5-year sentence. (Chinese-language independent media affiliated with the Falun Gong community; case facts as reported by the outlet.) Original article.
- “Persecuted for His Faith Since High School, Gansu Man Gets 3.5 Years in Prison” — Minghui English edition, April 18, 2024. Same report in English. (Syndicated copy; canonical source is the Chinese edition.) Original article.
Contradictions and gaps
- The detention date is given as March 31, 2023 in the case database and April 1, 2023 in the Minghui report (the report describes the March 31 distribution and the April 1 detention) — a one-day reporting variance, not a substantive conflict.
- The English edition describes Li Xueyi as 44 years old in April 2024 (implying birth around 1980); the case database leaves the age field blank.
- The criminal charge was not specified in any source reviewed.
- The reported transfer to Weinan Prison and any release after the September 30, 2026 term end are unverified; the father’s case details (Lanzhou Prison) come solely from the same practitioner-affiliated reporting.
- No official or state-media coverage of the case was found.
Person profile: Li Xueyi (李学贻)