Person profile: Tian Zhibin / 田志斌
This archive preserves the source record behind the Tian Zhibin (田志斌) profile: a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiutai District, Changchun, detained in July 2023 together with his wife Zhu Guiqing and sentenced to four years in prison, currently held at Gongzhuling Prison. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
Case chronology
- July 21, 2023 — Detained in a coordinated Jiutai District operation together with his wife Zhu Guiqing (朱桂清); placed under criminal detention, formally arrested, prosecuted (Minghui, 2025-02-06; CHRD record).
- February 2025 (reported) — Sentencing confirmed: Tian Zhibin four years; Zhu Guiqing two years eight months; Liu Yufen (same case group) three years six months (Minghui, 2025-02-06).
- August 31, 2026 — Listed in the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly in-custody report in the four-year-sentence group among documented current-custody cases.
Media and documentary record
- Minghui (明慧网) — “长春市七旬刘玉芬、田志斌与妻子朱桂清被非法判刑” (February 6, 2025): reports the July 21, 2023 detentions in Jiutai District; the three-person sentencing outcome; Tian’s birth in November 1951 and his wife’s in December 1953; the couple’s practice since 1996; and Tian’s imprisonment at Gongzhuling Prison. Original article (Falun Gong–affiliated media; the outlet’s characterizations are its own).
- Minghui English (February 11, 2025): English translation of the same article — English version (translation duplicate).
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders — Prisoners of Conscience database, individual record for 田志斌 / “Tian Zhibin” (record entered 2025-03-11): male, born 1951-11, home Jiutai District, Changchun, Jilin; last taken away 2023-07-21; charge unknown; sentence four years; release date 2027-07-20; location Gongzhuling Prison. Database search page (established human-rights monitoring organization).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网) — Issue 131 monthly in-custody report (August 31, 2026): 田志斌 listed in the “Sentenced to four years” group of the current-custody roster.
Related cases
The same case group is documented on FreeChina.live’s Liu Yufen pages, which independently confirm the co-case sentencing: Liu Yufen (刘玉芬) — Political Prisoner Profile · Liu Yufen (刘玉芬) — Media Profile & Archive.
Evidentiary notes and limitations
The exact criminal charges 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. No official court judgment for this case was located. Identity is established by agreement across four anchors (roster equation, CHRD record, Minghui report, FreeChina.live’s Liu Yufen page) on name, sentence length, detention date, region, and prison.
Person profile: Tian Zhibin (田志斌)