Person profile: Yuan Airong (袁爱荣)
This archive preserves the documented media record of the case of Yuan Airong (袁爱荣), a Falun Gong practitioner from Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province, reported to have been sentenced to four years in prison on November 28, 2023. She was tried together with her husband, Zhan Xiangjun. Entries are ordered by publication date. All case-detail coverage located to date originates from Minghui.org (Falun Gong-affiliated); provenance is noted accordingly.
2024
- January 30, 2024 — Minghui.org, “Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province: Six Sentenced to Up to 8.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong” (verified, opened and read 2026-10-09): September 4, 2023 mass arrest (40+ on the same day); November 20, 2023 trial at the Anda City Court with not-guilty pleas; November 28, 2023 sentencing — Ms. Yuan, 50, given 4 years and fined 10,000 yuan; husband Zhan Xiangjun 8.5 years + 20,000-yuan fine (appealing); Yang Shujun 4.5 years; Sun Qin 3 years; Xiong Qiliang 1 year. Current whereabouts of the five unclear. Article link
- November 11, 2024 — Minghui.org, “Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province: Two Deceased, Five Sentenced, Another Two Faced Re-arrest or Harassment Since Their Same-Day Arrests One Year Ago” (verified, opened and read 2026-10-09): one-year follow-up confirming the five sentences; reports two deaths among fellow September 4, 2023 arrestees and one re-arrest. Article link
2026
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network (维权网) / monthly political-prisoner report, Issue 131 (verified as roster record): lists 袁爱荣 / “Yuan Airong” in the 4-year sentence group among in-custody political prisoners.
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — record 袁爱荣 / “Yuan Airong” (retrieved 2026-10-09): born 1974, female, detained 2023-09-04, charge unrecorded, 4-year sentence, term to 2027-09-03 (database figure, unverified as fact), detention location unrecorded. Database search page
Evidence notes and limitations
All case-detail coverage located to date originates from Minghui.org (Falun Gong-affiliated). No established international media, independent Chinese-language media, NGO, or monitoring-organization coverage of Yuan’s own sentencing was located, and no PRC official document was publicly found. The CHRD database’s term-to date of 2027-09-03 is an attributed database figure, not a verified fact, and is not published as one. Post-trial detention location is not publicly documented. Only the husband’s appeal was reported; no appeal was reported for Yuan. The fine amount of 10,000 yuan is per the Minghui report only and is independently unverified.
Person profile: Yuan Airong (袁爱荣)