Zhang Ruifeng (张瑞凤) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Changchun, Jilin Province, who was sentenced to four years and six months of imprisonment in October 2024 following her detention earlier that year. She is held as a prisoner of conscience by the PRC (mainland China).
Detention and sentencing
Zhang Ruifeng lived in the 南湖大路邮电小区 (Nanhu Avenue Postal and Telecommunications residential compound, the Jilin University Nanhu campus family housing) in Changchun’s Chaoyang District. In April 2024, police raided her home and detained her; she was subsequently held in a detention center.
In early October 2024, she was sentenced to four years and six months. No criminal charge has been publicly specified in the available records. She filed an appeal against the sentence, according to the reporting outlet.
What is not publicly established
Her age, the facility where she is serving the sentence, and the outcome of the appeal have not been reported in publicly available sources. Sources differ on the exact detention date — April 19 vs. April 29, 2024 — and on the reported term end (September vs. October 2028). These details are recorded as unresolved in the sources cited below.
Name note
This profile concerns 张瑞凤 (Ruifeng) of Changchun. It must not be merged with the live WordPress profile for Zhang Ruifang (张瑞芳) — a different person with different characters.
Sources
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Prisoners of Conscience database — record for 张瑞凤 / Zhang Ruifeng (entered February 11, 2025).
- Minghui, “长春法轮功学员张瑞凤被非法枉判四年半” (December 30, 2024).
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report (August 31, 2026) — confirms her inclusion among prisoners serving 4 years 6 months.
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