Person profile: Tian Yujie / 田玉杰
This archive preserves the source record behind the Tian Yujie (田玉杰) profile: a Falun Gong practitioner from Dunhua, Jilin, detained in June 2023 and sentenced to five years in prison, currently held at Jilin Women’s Prison. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Case chronology
- May 16, 2023 — Detained at a market while speaking about Falun Gong; released May 28, 2023 after thirteen days (Minghui, 2024-11-16).
- June 8, 2023 — Detained again, then formally arrested and prosecuted; sentenced to five years by a local court (CHRD case record; Minghui, 2024-11-16).
- April 2016 (reported) — Minghui reports an earlier detention: held at the Eighth Ward of Jilin Women’s Prison after a previous sentence, with reported beatings and mistreatment for refusing to renounce her practice (source-attributed).
- November 16, 2024 — Minghui publishes “吉林敦化市田玉杰遭诬判 狱中被殴打、喷辣椒水”, reporting the 2023 detentions, the five-year sentence, imprisonment at Jilin Women’s Prison, and alleged in-prison mistreatment including beatings and pepper-spray spraying (source-attributed).
- August 31, 2026 — Listed in the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly in-custody report in the five-year-sentence group among documented current-custody cases.
Media and documentary record
- Minghui (明慧网) — “吉林敦化市田玉杰遭诬判 狱中被殴打、喷辣椒水” (November 16, 2024): reports the May–June 2023 detentions, the five-year sentence by a local court, imprisonment at Jilin Women’s Prison, and alleged in-prison mistreatment; also records the earlier 2016 detention. Original article (Falun Gong–affiliated media; treatment allegations source-attributed).
- Minghui English (November 20, 2024): English translation of the same article — English version (translation duplicate).
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database, individual record for 田玉杰 / “Tian Yujie” (record entered 2024-12-12): female, born 1957, from Dunhua, Jilin; last taken away 2023-06-08; charge unknown; sentence five years; release date 2028-05-05; location Jilin Women’s Prison; detention history consistent with the Minghui report. Database search page (established human-rights monitoring organization).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) — Issue 131 monthly in-custody report (August 31, 2026): 田玉杰 listed in the “Sentenced to five years” group of the Chinese edition’s current-custody roster.
Evidentiary notes and limitations
The exact criminal charge and the name of the sentencing court are not documented in available sources. Minghui is a Falun Gong–affiliated outlet; its narrative characterizations are its own. Treatment allegations are preserved as source-attributed claims, not independently verified findings. No official court judgment for this case was located.
Person profile: Tian Yujie (田玉杰)