Zhao Chunhong (赵春红) — Media Profile & Archive
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Case chronology
- January 6, 2022 (night) — During an interception operation in Beijing, Zhao protests by drinking medicine in an act of self-harm; reporting states this led to the removal of her uterus. (维权网)
- May 12, 2023 — Zhao visits the State Bureau for Letters and Calls in Beijing to submit petition materials. (维权网)
- May 13, 2023 — She tells a friend on WeChat that Beijing police are watching her, then becomes unreachable. (CHRD case record)
- May 14, 2023 — The Pingquan City Public Security Bureau criminally detains her on suspicion of 寻衅滋事罪; she is sent to the Chengde City Detention Center. (维权网)
- May 19, 2023 — The family receives an arrest notice from the Pingquan County Public Security Bureau. (CHRD case record)
- May 27, 2023 — Lawyer Li Guobei’s request to meet Zhao at the Chengde City Detention Center is refused. (CHRD case record)
- July 17, 2024 (morning) — Her case, on charges of 寻衅滋事罪 and 敲诈勒索罪, is heard at the First Tribunal of the Longhua County People’s Court; no verdict announced. (CHRD case record)
- After July 2024 — Zhao is sentenced to four years for 寻衅滋事罪; the term is projected through May 13, 2027. (CHRD case record)
- August 31, 2026 — Listed as in custody in the “sentenced to 4 years” band of the Rights Defense Network’s prisoner roster. (维权网 Issue 131)
Source records
- 维权网, “河北维权人士赵春红因“5.12”到国家信访局打卡已被“寻衅滋事罪”拘留” (May 18, 2023) — primary report of the May 2023 detention, the mining-equity background, and the January 2022 self-harm episode. https://wqw2010.blogspot.com/2023/05/512_18.html
- CHRD Prisoners of Conscience database, individual record for 赵春红 (entered 2023-06-01) — full chronology: 2022 self-harm, May 2023 detention sequence, lawyer-meeting denial, July 2024 trial, 4-year sentence, projected release 2027-05-13, Chengde City Detention Center. Database query page: https://tenchu.org/pocd/public/dosearch
- 维权网 Issue 131 prisoner roster (August 31, 2026) — “sentenced to 4 years, 171 people” band; in-custody classification.
- RFA Mandarin report (May 27, 2023) and Boxun report, listed as sources by the CHRD record — pending click-verification at publication: https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/8-05272023164746.html and https://boxun.com/archives/260676
Provenance and limitations
- The case narrative rests on one Rights Defense Network report and the CHRD case record, which draw on the same 2023 reporting and corroborate each other on the key events. No further independent media coverage was located in this pass.
- The final judgment document has not been located; the 4-year sentence and 2027-05-13 release date are per the CHRD record. The 2024 trial details and the lawyer-meeting denial come via the CHRD record’s sources.
- The report’s claim that the May 2023 detention was linked to “stability maintenance” around the China–Central Asia Summit is the outlet’s analysis, not an established fact.
- Name-collision exclusion: the 赵春红 detained by Beijing police on March 4, 2025 during the Two Sessions is a different person and is not described here.