Xu Na (许那) — Media Profile & Archive
This archive preserves the source record behind the Xu Na (许那) profile: a Beijing artist and poet with a documented imprisonment history spanning 2001 to the present, sentenced to eight years in January 2022. Sources are graded; allegations remain attributed rather than stated as fact.
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom — “Xu Na” prisoner-of-conscience profile (updated 2026)
(Opened and read in full: https://www.uscirf.gov/religious-prisoners-conscience/forb-victims-database/xu-na). Federal commission record: establishes 许那 as her Chinese name; female, Han, Falun Gong; detained July 19, 2020; sentenced January 14, 2022 to 8 years; status not released; lawyer disbarred December 2021; torture reported. Source grade: official U.S. government commission record; regularly updated; secondary compilation.
Bitter Winter (Yang Feng) — “Falun Gong: Xu Na’s 8-Year Sentence Confirmed On Appeal” (May 2023)
(Opened and read in full: https://bitterwinter.org/falun-gong-xu-nas-8-year-sentence-confirmed/). Documents the appeal rejection, her birth date (1968-11-08), 1989 Tiananmen participation as a Beijing Broadcasting Institute student, marriage to Yu Zhou, the 2001–2006 and 2008–2011 imprisonments, the July 2020 detention, and the 8-year sentence. Source grade: independent investigative outlet; some claims (e.g., the circumstances of Yu Zhou’s death) rest on Xu Na’s own account and advocacy sources — attributed.
Amnesty International — Urgent action ASA 17/107/2008 (November 28, 2008; flagged for click-verification)
Urgent action on the 2008 three-year sentence; prisoner-of-conscience designation; risk of torture cited. Located via search; full document not read — flagged for click-verification. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa17/107/2008/en/
Christian Telegraph — “Artist and Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to eight years in prison for reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic” (January 24, 2022; flagged for click-verification)
Reports the 8-year sentence and 20,000-yuan fine via the Rights Defense Network. Located via search; full page not read — flagged for click-verification. https://www.christiantelegraph.com/2022/01/24/artist-and-falun-gong-practitioner-sentenced-to-eight-years-in-prison-for-reporting-on-the-covid-19-pandemic/
维权网 — August 2026 monthly report, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026)
维权网《中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告（2026年8月31日）第131期（共1638人）, read in both Chinese and English editions. Lists 许那/”Xu Na” in the 8-year, 69-person group and in the in-custody roster as of August 31, 2026. Source grade: monitoring organization; dated roster fact. https://www.chinahrc.org/content/43092/
FreeChina.live — Tiananmen-27 group archive (cross-reference)
(Content read via REST: https://freechina.live/tiananmen-27-dissident-political-prisoner-media-profile-archive/). A 27-person group archive whose Xu Na row records Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ 2025 update (8-year sentence imposed 2022; current political-prisoner record). This page is a group archive, not a dedicated media archive for Xu Na — cross-linked here, not treated as a duplicate.
Source conflicts and limitations
Sentencing date: USCIRF says January 14, 2022; Bitter Winter and Christian Telegraph report January 16, 2022 — both dates are preserved as attributed. Current detention facility: Beijing Women’s Prison (2020–2024) versus unknown whereabouts since March 2024 — preserved as a gap; no current facility is stated. The roster classifications are dated source claims, not independently verified findings. Practitioner-affiliated claims (Falun Dafa Information Center, Minghui) remain attributed. The cause of Yu Zhou’s 2008 death is disputed — publish only attributed statements. Do not claim details of the ten co-detained practitioners’ sentences (not publicly reported). Do not conflate with 许静波 (Xu Jingbo).
Person profile: Xu Na (许那)