Zhao Hong’e (赵鸿娥)
Zhao Hong’e (赵鸿娥) is a resident of Dandong, Liaoning Province, and a Falun Gong practitioner. Born in 1967, she worked as a teacher at Fuchun Primary School (福春小学) in Zhenxing District, Dandong, before her detention.
According to reports from Minghui, a Falun Gong-affiliated news outlet, Zhao began practicing Falun Gong in 1996, together with her family. On May 22, 2024, Zhao and a fellow practitioner, Zhang Shujie (张淑杰), were taken into custody by police from the Xicheng police station in Dandong and held at the Dandong City Detention Center. On June 25, 2024, both were formally placed under arrest; on September 20, 2024, the Zhen’an District Procuratorate indicted them before the Zhen’an District Court.
Minghui reported that the two women stood trial at the Zhen’an District Court on October 25, 2024, and entered not-guilty pleas. On November 29, 2024, the court sentenced each of them to two years and six months in prison; the specific charge was not stated in the available records. Her listed sentence was scheduled to run through November 21, 2026.
The Prisoners of Conscience database of the Chinese Human Rights Defenders network lists Zhao Hong’e as held at the Dandong City Detention Center. No independently verified update on her status after sentencing was available at the time this profile was prepared.