Zhang Shuhua (张淑华) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Yushu City, Jilin Province. Born in 1954, she formerly worked for a Yushu City street office and was dismissed from her post for practicing Falun Gong. She has been detained repeatedly since 1999.
On the evening of December 23, 2023, several officers from the Zhengyang Police Station seized Zhang at her home. After a medical examination, the detention center refused to admit her, and she was released.
On August 19, 2024, two people from the Dehui Court and officers from the Yushu City domestic-security division came to Zhang’s home with a written verdict and had her sign for it. She was sentenced to 3 years and 2 months in prison and fined 10,000 yuan. No charge was specified in the available records.
On January 13, 2025, personnel from the Dehui Court and the Yushu City domestic-security division took Zhang into custody. Despite her poor health, she was admitted to the Jilin Provincial Women’s Prison to serve her sentence. Her reported sentence runs through March 12, 2028.
Status note: The most recent verified record (entered February 2025) reports her serving her sentence in the Jilin Provincial Women’s Prison. Her current custody status has not been independently verified in real time.
Sources
- Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Prisoners of Conscience database — individual record for 张淑华 / “Zhang Shuhua” (entered February 11, 2025).
- Minghui.org victim case file for Zhang Shuhua (library.minghui.org/victim/i72281.htm).
Media archive: Zhang Shuhua (张淑华) — Media Profile & Archive