Zhou Chuanying (周传英)
Zhou Chuanying (周传英), 65, is a Falun Gong practitioner from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, and a retired worker of the Weihe Forestry Bureau in Shangzhi City. On March 18, 2026, she was tried by the Daoli District Court and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, according to Minghui, a Falun Gong-affiliated media outlet; she is appealing. The Rights Defense Network’s (维权网) monthly political-prisoners report (Issue 131, August 31, 2026) lists her in its 7.5-year-sentence band, confirming she remains in custody serving her term as of that date.
The case
On August 21, 2025, police detained more than twenty practitioners in Harbin’s Acheng and Shuangcheng districts, including Zhou Chuanying and her husband, Yang Zhenyi (杨振义), according to Minghui. The outlet reports that the arrests followed months of police monitoring and were connected to the printing of Falun Gong messages on paper currency. Zhou was held at the Harbin City and Shuangcheng District detention centers, and was later reported held at the Harbin Yaziquan (Duck Circle) Detention Center.
Minghui reports that Zhou Chuanying was tried by the Daoli District Court on March 18, 2026, and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, and that she is appealing. No official court verdict or state-media account of the trial has been located; this account is recorded as Minghui’s reporting.
Status and evidentiary limits
As of August 31, 2026, the Rights Defense Network’s Issue 131 report lists Zhou Chuanying in its 7.5-year-sentence band with an in-custody classification; the July 31, 2026 Issue 130 report lists her in the same band. No release date has been stated in any public source; none is given here. Falun Gong affiliation, arrest, detention, trial, and sentence details all come from Minghui — attributed as its account, not independently verified judicial record. The exact criminal charge of record, her current detention facility, and the status of her appeal are unconfirmed beyond the sources cited above. This profile does not merge Zhou Chuanying with her husband Yang Zhenyi (杨振义) — they are different people — or with any other 周传英 record.
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