Yao Lishu (姚力书) — Media Profile & Archive
See also: Yao Lishu (姚力书) — Qingyang, Gansu.
This archive brings together the publicly documented sources on Yao Lishu (姚力书), a former middle-school teacher from Qingyang, Gansu, serving a six-year sentence in connection with his practice of Falun Gong.
Documented sources
1. Minghui (明慧网), June 6, 2023 — “传播法轮功真相 甘肃庆阳市姚力书遭枉判六年.” The fullest narrative account of Yao’s case: his November 2021 detention, the joint video trial with Zhang Ping before the Zhenyuan County Court, the May 2023 six-year sentences for both, the not-guilty defense and the appeal Yao filed; and the earlier case — July 2008 detention, March 2009 four-year sentence by the Qingcheng County Court, imprisonment in Tianshui Prison, and dismissal from his teaching post. (Advocacy outlet; the facts reported here are presented as reported by Minghui.) URL: https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2023/6/6/461678.html
2. Chinese Human Rights Defenders political-prisoner database (tenchu.org), record entered July 4, 2023 — Structured record for 姚力书 / YAO LI SHU: born 1980, male; Yima Township, Qingcheng County, Qingyang; middle-school teacher; Falun Gong practitioner; detained end of November 2021; sentenced May 2023 by the Zhenyuan County Court to six years, term through November 2027; prior 2008 detention with four-year sentence; charge and detention facility unknown.
3. World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, notice dated July 28, 2023 — “追查甘肃省庆阳市迫害法轮功学员姚力书、张萍的责任人的通告.” Corroborates the May 2023 six-year sentences and the 2009 case. (Advocacy organization; the document could not be opened directly in this pass — the facts recorded here come from a search-result snippet and are consistent with the Minghui and CHRD records.) URL: https://www.zhuichaguoji.org/sites/default/files/pdf/2023/07/8481.pdf
4. Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue-131, August 31, 2026 — Lists Yao Lishu in its current-custody roster among prisoners serving six-year sentences; the roster is the basis for his current-custody listing.
Evidentiary limits
The sources agree on the case facts above. The following are not established in the available sources: the exact criminal charge of record, the detention facility where Yao is serving the current sentence, the outcome of the appeal reported as filed in 2023, and his custody status beyond the August 2026 roster listing.
Related: Yao Lishu (姚力书) — Qingyang, Gansu