Person profile: Zhang Shuguang (张曙光)
This archive preserves the key source records documenting the case of Zhang Shuguang (张曙光), a retired Jinan doctor and Falun Gong practitioner sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in July 2024.
Source records
- 明慧网 (Minghui.org), July 14, 2025 — “山东济南市退休医生张曙光被冤判四年”. The primary case report: identifies Zhang as a 67-year-old retired doctor of the Jinan Third People’s Hospital and a Falun Gong practitioner; describes his seizure at home on August 30, 2023, a lengthy home search, interrogation, criminal detention, and transfer of the case to the procuratorate; notes his September 26, 2023 release on bail with residential surveillance; reports his re-detention on March 26, 2024; and records his July 10, 2024 sentencing to four years by the Zhangqiu District Court and his transfer to Shandong Provincial Prison. Read the article
- Prisoners of Conscience database (tenchu.org/pocd), record for 张曙光 / “Zhang Shuguang” (entered August 18, 2025). Records: born 1958; male; last taken into custody August 30, 2023; charge unknown; sentence 4 years; term through August 29, 2027; Shandong Provincial Prison. The record cites the Minghui article above as its source. Database search page
- Rights Defense Network (维权网), Issue 131 monthly report, August 31, 2026. Lists 张曙光 in the four-year sentence group among mainland political prisoners and prisoners of conscience classified as currently in custody. Read the report
Source chronology
- August 30, 2023 — Taken from his home, Jinan; transferred to the Jinan detention center the next day; interrogations in September; procuratorate review.
- September 26, 2023 — Released on bail with residential surveillance.
- March 26, 2024 — Taken into custody again; Jinan No. 2 detention center.
- July 10, 2024 — Sentenced to four years, Zhangqiu District Court; transfer to Shandong Provincial Prison (term through August 29, 2027).
- August 31, 2026 — Issue 131 roster listing (in custody).
Provenance and limitations
- The case narrative comes from Minghui, a Falun Gong–affiliated outlet; its characterizations of the proceedings are its own framing, not independently verified findings.
- The detention dates, court, sentence length, and prison transfer are corroborated by the independent CHRD database record.
- No official court document for the case has been located, and the specific charge is not stated in any available source.
- No mainland state-media coverage of the case was found.
- Claims above are attributed to their sources; nothing about his current prison conditions or health is asserted beyond what the sources state.