Li Hongmei (李红梅) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive collects the documented media and case records concerning Li Hongmei, a Falun Gong practitioner from Qujing, Yunnan Province, sentenced to five years in prison in April 2024. It accompanies her Person Profile.
Case records
1. Minghui Library victim archive — Li Hongmei profile (i90849)
The Minghui Library (an archive of cases of people detained for practicing Falun Gong) carries a detailed case page for Li Hongmei recording: her background (Qujing, Shuibei 14th Bureau worker, began practicing before 1999); her November 12, 2013 detention and November 11, 2014 four-year sentence ((2014)麒刑初字第409号） by the Qilin District Court, with transfer to Yunnan Provincial No. 2 Women’s Prison in April 2015; her re-arrest on July 11, 2023; hearings on March 19 and April 7, 2024; the April 19, 2024 judgment ((2024)云0302刑初91号） sentencing her to five years with a RMB 10,000 fine; her appeal and its reported upholding in mid-2024; and her reported transfer to the Yunnan Provincial No. 2 Women’s Prison.
The page notes two narrative variants on her birth year (1979 vs 1968) and on the precise circumstances of the July 2023 detention; both converge on the dates, trial, sentence, and fine stated above. URL: https://library.minghui.org/victim/i90849.htm
2. China Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience Database (CHRD PoC) record
The CHRD Prisoners of Conscience Database carries a case record for 李红梅 (Li Hongmei), entered June 17, 2024: female, born 1979, from Qujing, Yunnan; Shuibei 14th Bureau worker; Falun Gong practitioner; last detained 2023-07-11; sentenced to 5 years, term to 2028-07-10; detention location unknown. The record summarizes the 2014 four-year sentence and the 2024 five-year sentence.
3. Rights Defense Network (维权网) monthly report, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026)
The August 2026 monthly report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in custody in mainland China lists 李红梅 in the “sentenced to five years” group (111 people) and in the §VIII name index, classifying her as in custody as of August 31, 2026.
Source provenance and limitations
The two detailed case records (Sources 1 and 2) derive from Falun Gong–aligned documentation networks (Minghui; CHRD’s PoC database). Court judgment document numbers ((2014)麒刑初字第409号； (2024)云0302刑初91号） are reported by the case records, not confirmed from court-published documents. No PRC official or state-media record of the case has been located; no international wire-service coverage has been located. Birth year and 2023 arrest-circumstance discrepancies between narratives are flagged above and remain unresolved.