Xu Fengyu is a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinghai District, Tianjin, who has been repeatedly detained for her faith. She was most recently detained in August 2022 and, as of a March 2024 report, was sentenced to a prison term of four or five years and transferred to the Tianjin Women’s Prison.
Background and earlier detention
In 2006, Ms. Xu was arrested in Jinghai County (now Jinghai District) while she and four fellow practitioners were distributing informational materials about Falun Gong. On June 27, 2006, the Jinghai County Court tried the five together and sentenced Ms. Xu to one and a half years in prison.
In August 2014, she was detained again after distributing informational materials at a market in Jinghai County. She was living alone at the time of her detention; her subsequent circumstances were not reported.
2022 detention and sentencing
In August 2022, Ms. Xu was detained again and held in the Jinghai Detention Center. According to reports published in March 2024, she was subsequently sentenced to four or five years in prison by a court in the Chinese system and transferred to the Tianjin Women’s Prison. The exact sentencing date and the precise length of the sentence (four or five years) could not be confirmed from the available reports.
Current status
As of the most recent report (March 2024), Ms. Xu was serving her sentence in the Tianjin Women’s Prison. No further information about her current condition has been published.
Identity note: Minghui reports note the name was sometimes miswritten as 徐玉凤, 徐风玉 or 许风义; these variants refer to the same person.
Media and documentation archive: Media and documentation archive for Xu Fengyu (徐凤玉)