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: 7 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: October/30/2018
Date of Sentencing: April/24/2020
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Cult
Yang Hua
Extra Bio Info:
Yang Hua is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On October 30, 2018, authorities detained Yang in Yichang city, Hubei province, reportedly in relation to her religious activity.
On April 24, 2020, Yang was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 6,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
Publicly Available Information:
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China Prisoners Database Details: YANG Hua Human Rights Without Frontiers
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"Cases of Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of CAG Christians by CCP" Association for the Defense of Human Rights and Religious Freedom
Additional Name(s): 高建君
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Falun Gong
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June/5/2018
Date of Sentencing: March/25/2019
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Gao Jianjun
Extra Bio Info:
Gao Jianjun was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On June 5, 2018, authorities in Haizhou district, Lianyungang municipality, Jiangsu province, detained 11 Lianyungang residents, including Gao, reportedly for their practice of Falun Gong.
On March 25, 2019, the Haizhou District People’s Court sentenced Gao to five years in prison. He reportedly appealed his sentence, but the results are unclear.
Gao's sentence should have ended in June 2023.
Related Cases: Wang Baoyu, Xiong Chengxia, Na Renzhi, Ma Baoling
Publicly Available Information:
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"Gao Jianjun" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Additional Persecution News from China – August 12, 2019 (10 Reports)" Minghui.org
Additional Name(s): 马宝玲
Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Falun Gong
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June/5/2018
Date of Sentencing: March/25/2019
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Ma Baoling
Extra Bio Info:
Ma Baoling was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On June 5, 2018, authorities in Haizhou district, Lianyungang municipality, Jiangsu province, detained 11 Lianyungang residents, including Ma, reportedly for their practice of Falun Gong.
On March 25, 2019, the Haizhou District People’s Court sentenced Ma to five years in prison. She reportedly appealed her sentence, but the results are unclear.
Ma's sentence should have ended in June 2023.
Related Cases: Wang Baoyu, Xiong Chengxia, Na Renzhi, Gao Jianjun
Publicly Available Information:
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"Ma Baoling" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
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"Additional Persecution News from China – August 12, 2019 (10 Reports)" Minghui.org