Person profile: Zhang Hongjie (张红杰) — Political Prisoner Profile
This archive preserves the source records documenting the detention, trial, and imprisonment of Zhang Hongjie (张红杰), a Falun Gong practitioner from Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, sentenced to two years in prison in 2025.
Case timeline (as reported)
- August 14, 2025 — Zhang Hongjie is detained in Jinzhou; her home is searched the same evening and Falun Gong books are seized. She is held at the Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center.
- November 10, 2025 — The Linghai City Court tries her case and sentences her to two years’ imprisonment; the charge is not specified in the reporting.
- May 21, 2026 — She is transferred to the Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison to serve her sentence.
- August 31, 2026 — Her name appears in the 维权网 (Rights Defense Network) monthly report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China, in the group sentenced to two years.
Source records
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 张红杰 (“Zhang Hongjie”). Lists: female, born 1973; detained August 14, 2025; charge unknown; sentence two years; release date August 13, 2027; held at Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison; resident of Linghe District, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province; Falun Gong practitioner; detained at Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center after arrest and home search; tried November 10, 2025 by the Linghai Court; transferred to Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison on May 21, 2026. The record cites the Minghui report of May 29, 2026. (Database: tenchu.org/pocd — case record entered June 19, 2026.)
- Minghui — “锦州市法轮功女学员张红杰遭冤判两年入狱” (May 29, 2026). Reports that 53-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Zhang Hongjie of Linghe District, Jinzhou, was detained in August 2025, had her home searched, was tried by the Linghai Court on November 10, 2025, sentenced to two years, and transferred to the Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison on May 21, 2026. https://www.minghui.org/mmh/articles/2026/5/29/510833.html
- 维权网 (Rights Defense Network) — Monthly Report on Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Conscience in Mainland China, Issue 131 (August 31, 2026). Lists “Zhang Hongjie” among 32 people in the “Sentenced to 2 years” group.
Evidentiary limitations
- The specific criminal charge is not reported in any located source.
- No official Chinese court or government record of the case has been located.
- The identity was confirmed through a single exact record in the CHRD database (no conflicting records found); the Chinese name 张红杰 appears only in that record and the Minghui report cited by it.
- Minghui is a Falun Gong-affiliated outlet; its characterizations of the case are its own and are not independently verified.
Person profile: Zhang Hongjie (张红杰) — Political Prisoner Profile