This archive preserves the media and source record for Zhang Chengyan (张成艳), a name listed in the Rights Defense Network’s monthly report of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience as a person sentenced to 3 years, reported in custody as of August 31, 2026. See the full Person profile: Zhang Chengyan (张成艳).
Source chronology
- August 31, 2026 — Rights Defense Network / 维权网, Issue 131 monthly report, “中国大陆在押政治犯、良心犯月度报告（第131期，共1638人）” (Chinese and English editions). The report’s sentence-statistics table, “判刑3年，110人” section, places 张成艳 between 李孝梅/王晓菁 and 张旭; the English edition lists “Zhang Chengyan” in the equivalent position of the “Sentenced to 3 years, 110 people” section. The report classifies its entries as political prisoners and prisoners of conscience currently in custody (dated source claim). No individual case detail is given for this entry.
- September 30, 2026 — a newer Issue 132 of the same monthly report was released; the roster position for this entry was not re-verified against it in this pass.
Source list
- Issue 131 Chinese edition — https://www.chinahrc.org/content/43092/ — VERIFIED (opened and read live; 张成艳 found in “判刑3年，110人” list)
- Issue 131 English edition (CHINA TRUTH / chinatruth.net mirror) — URL recorded 2026-09-27 but returning HTTP 404 on re-read 2026-10-07 — BROKEN (superseded; positional equation preserved from earlier readback)
Evidentiary limitations
The roster entry is the entire public record for this person. The report gives no charge, no trial date, no custody facility, and no biographical detail. The Chinese characters rest solely on the report’s own two editions (stated in both pages). The report describes itself as incomplete — compiled under information blockades — and may contain errors or omissions.