Person profile: Liao Wenxian (廖文仙)
This archive preserves the available reporting on Liao Wenxian, a Falun Gong practitioner from Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan.
April 21, 2022 — arrest
Minghui reports that Liao was recorded by a surveillance camera while distributing Falun Gong materials in Xichou County and was arrested the same day. Fang Shimei, who was with her, was arrested later that day. The outlet reports home searches and detention at the Xichou County Detention Center.
November 2023 — sentence reported
Minghui reported that the women’s families had confirmed a seven-year sentence for Liao and a ten-year sentence for Fang. It also stated that details of the indictment, trial, and sentencing were unclear.
August 31, 2026 — roster
Rights Defense Network Issue 131 lists 廖文仙 / Liao Wenxian in the seven-year-sentence group. The roster supplies dated custody classification but no additional case details.
Evidence limits
The detailed case narrative comes from Minghui, while the sentence is reported there through a family account. No court judgment, official statement, independent international-media report, or current prison location was located.