Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Han

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 5 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August/19/2017

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Cult

Wang Jinrui

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Wang Jinrui was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 19, 2017, officers from Changji City Public Security Bureau detained Wang reportedly in relation to her religious belief.

On an unspecified date, the Qitai Reclamation Area People’s Court in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps sentenced Wang to five years and six months in prison and fined her 5,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

Wang's sentence should have ended in February 2023.

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Han

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August/10/2017

Date of Sentencing: September/26/2018

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief

Nature of Charges: Cult

Zhu Guangjuan

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Zhu Guangjuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On August 10, 2017, the police from the Tanzhou National Security Brigade of Zhongshan city detained Zhu reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and for contacting Church of Almighty God contacts overseas to upload the story of her persecution in 2014.

On September 26, 2018, the Zhongshan City No. 1 People’s Court convicted Zhu for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL). There is conflicting information about the length of Zhu's sentence. Bitter Winter reported the court sentenced her to a consolidated six years in prison, with other sources indicating six years and six months in prison (three years and six months in prison for this 2018 conviction, coupled with a previous 2015 sentence of three years in prison). In 2014, Zhu had been arrested and detained a month and then later given in November 2015 a suspended three-year sentence and three years' probation on the same "cult" charge for her religious activity.

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Ethnic Group: Han

Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 5 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: December/20/2017

Date of Sentencing: August/9/2018

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role

Nature of Charges: Cult

Liu Xiaoguo

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Liu Xiaoguo was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.

On December 20, 2017, officers from the Pingdingshan Public Security Bureau arrested Liu reportedly in relation to her religious belief and religious leadership role.

On August 9, 2018, Zhanhe District People’s Court in Pingdingshan city sentenced Liu to five years and six months in prison and fined her 10,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

Liu was sent to Henan Women’s Prison to serve her sentence. 

Liu's sentence should have ended in June 2023.

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