Additional Name(s): 邓翠苹
Gender: Female
Current Location: Second Women's Prison, Yunnan Province
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Han
Religion or Belief: Falun Gong
Health Concerns: Cysts on her thigh
Reports of Torture: Yes
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July/24/2016
Date of Sentencing: February/24/2017
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Distributing Religious Materials Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Cult
Deng Cuiping was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On July 24, 2016, officers from the Public Security Bureau in Chengjiang County detained Deng and four others for distributing Falun Gong materials. Later that day, officers from Eshan County and Hongta District raided Deng’s home and seized her computer, printer, books, and CDs. Deng was formally arrested on September 1, 2016 and charged with "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL)
On February 24, 2017, Eshan County People’s Court sentenced Deng to six years in prison and fined her 10,000 yuan.
On March 6, 2017, Deng's request for bail was denied.
On May 18, 2017, Deng was transferred to the Second Women's Prison in Yunnan Province.
Deng reportedly suffers from cysts on her thigh. Similarly, her health has reportedly deteriorated during her imprisonment.
Deng's sentence should have ended in July 2022.
Prior to her most recent arrest, Deng has been harassed and detained several times related to her practice of Falun Gong. Her home was raided both August 1999 and October 2000. In late 2004, she was prohibited from teaching. On April 8, 2006, Deng was reportedly sentenced to a three-year prison term at Second Women’s Prison in Yunnan Province. During this time, she was reportedly tortured.
"Deng Cuiping" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
USCIRF Tweet October 19, 2021
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Press Release, July 20, 2021
"Four U.S. Congressmen Urge China’s President to Release Eight Recently Arrested Falun Gong Practitioners" Minghui.org