Classification: Falun Gong practitioner from Xinfu District, Fushun, Liaoning; sentenced to four years in prison in 2025; reported in custody as of August 2026.
Background
Wang Hongxia (王红霞), born in 1958, is a resident of Xinfu District in Fushun City, Liaoning Province, and a Falun Gong practitioner. According to Minghui reporting, she previously served a seven-year prison sentence for her practice and had her pension payments revoked.
Detention and sentencing
On June 13, 2024, Wang Hongxia was seized by police while speaking with the public at the Liushan market in Fushun’s Xinfu District and was taken to the Fushun Detention Center. Minghui reported on March 2, 2025, that the Dongzhou District Court of Fushun had sentenced her to four years in prison in a secret proceeding; the formal charge was not publicly reported. On February 19, 2025, she was transferred to the Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison, where she is serving the four-year term, which runs through June 12, 2028.
Current status
The Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 monthly in-custody report (August 31, 2026) lists Wang Hongxia among people serving four-year sentences who were in custody at that time. The report describes its list as incomplete and possibly containing errors.
Identity note: A different woman named 王红霞 — born in 1964 in Anyue County, Sichuan, and formerly an English teacher — received a twelve-year sentence in 2013 and completed her term in November 2024. She is not the person described here.
Sources: Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Prisoners of Conscience database, individual record for 王红霞 / “Wang Hongxia” (Fushun, Liaoning entry; four-year sentence; term to 2028.6.12), retrieved October 9, 2026; Minghui, “2025年辽宁省抚顺市法轮功学员遭中共迫害综述” (February 1, 2026); Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly in-custody report, August 31, 2026. All facts are reported by the cited sources.
Media archive: Media archive for Wang Hongxia (王红霞)