Status: Currently imprisoned (verified; serving a two-year sentence, term to August 13, 2027)
Summary
Zhang Hongjie (张红杰), born 1973, is a resident of Linghe District, Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, and a practitioner of Falun Gong. She was detained on August 14, 2025, tried by the Linghai City Court on November 10, 2025, and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. She was transferred to the Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison on May 21, 2026, where she is serving her sentence.
Background
Zhang Hongjie, a woman born in 1973, lived in Linghe District, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. According to the case record in the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Prisoners of Conscience database, she is a Falun Gong practitioner.
Detention and trial
According to a report by Minghui, a news outlet run by Falun Gong practitioners that documents cases of detained practitioners, Zhang Hongjie was detained on the afternoon of August 14, 2025, in Jinzhou. That evening, police from the Taihe branch domestic-security unit and the Longjiang police station searched her home and seized Falun Gong books. She was then held at the Jinzhou City Women’s Detention Center.
On November 10, 2025, the Linghai City Court tried her case and sentenced her to two years in prison; the specific charge was not reported. The CHRD database record lists her sentence as two years, with the term running to August 13, 2027.
Current imprisonment
On May 21, 2026, Zhang Hongjie was transferred to the Liaoning Provincial Women’s Prison (辽宁省女子监狱), where she is serving her sentence. Her case is included in the August 31, 2026 monthly report on political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in mainland China published by the Chinese-language rights website 维权网 (Rights Defense Network), in its group of people sentenced to two years.
Note on sources
This profile is based on the CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database record for Zhang Hongjie (entered June 19, 2026), a Minghui report dated May 29, 2026, and the 维权网 monthly report of August 31, 2026. The Chinese authorities have not published an official account of the case. Characterizations of the detention and trial as unlawful are those of the reporting sources.
Media archive: Zhang Hongjie (张红杰) — Media Archive