Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Han
Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God
Reports of Torture: Yes
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July/2/2017
Date of Sentencing: March/1/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Distributing Religious Materials Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity Religious Belief Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role
Nature of Charges: Cult
Mo Xiufeng is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On July 2, 2017, plainclothes police officers from Lishui city, Zhejiang province, detained Mo after raiding her home and confiscating religious materials. Authorities accused Mo of organizing religious gatherings and producing religious materials for distribution. There are reports that Mo was subjected to intense sleep deprivation and torture as police pressured her to renounce her faith, give up the names of her colleagues, provide the location of church funds, and become an informant.
On July 21, 2017, Mo was formally charged with "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
O March 1, 2018, the People’s Court of Liandu District in Lishui City sentenced Mo to nine years in prison and fined her 30,000 yuan.
Mo is married.
Mo is part of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission's Defending Freedoms Project.
USCIRF Tweet, February 15, 2022
"Mo Xiufeng" Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
"US Congress’ Lantos Commission Adopts CAG’s Mo Xiufeng as Prisoner of Conscience" Bitter Winter