Zhao Wei (赵伟)
Zhao Wei (赵伟) is a Falun Gong practitioner from Nehe City, Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, mainland China.
On October 14, 2023, Zhao Wei was detained by police in Nehe along with fellow Falun Gong practitioners Feng Zhijie and Ma Xiuhua; their homes were searched and personal belongings, including books, computers, and printers, were seized, according to reports by Minghui.org, a Falun Gong-affiliated news outlet, and the U.S.-based NGO Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), whose Prisoners of Conscience database carries an individual record on Zhao Wei.
Zhao was held at the Qiqihar Detention Center from October 15, 2023, after which he was formally detained, his arrest was approved, and he was indicted. On April 12, 2024, he was tried and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined 5,000 yuan, according to the same reports; the criminal charge is not stated in the available sources.
Zhao is listed among mainland China’s detained political and conscience prisoners in the August 31, 2026 monthly report of the Chinese-language rights site 维权网 (Weiquanwang), in the group recorded as sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. CHRD’s record gives his prison term as ending October 13, 2026, and lists his detention location as unknown.
Status (as of October 10, 2026): currently in custody. The recorded term ends October 13, 2026. No release has been reported.
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