Additional Name(s): 樊荣

Gender: Female

Current Location: Harbin City Women’s Prison

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Falun Gong

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 3 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November/9/2018

Date of Sentencing: August/22/2019

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Fan Rong

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Fan Rong is imprisoned for her religious activity.

On November 9, 2018, authorities from Daoli district, Harbin municipality, Heilongjiang province, detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Fan, reportedly in relation to their Falun Gong activity.

On August 22, 2019, the Daoli People's Court sentenced Xu to three years and six months in prison and fined her 5,000 yuan.

Xu is believed to be serving her sentence in Harbin City Women’s Prison.

Related Cases: Xu Xiaoying

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Additional Name(s): 徐晓颖

Gender: Female

Current Location: Harbin City Women’s Prison

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Falun Gong

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 4 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November/9/2018

Date of Sentencing: August/22/2019

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Unknown

Xu Xiaoying

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Xu Xiaoying was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

On November 9, 2018, authorities from Daoli district, Harbin municipality, Heilongjiang province, detained five Falun Gong practitioners, including Xu, reportedly in relation to their Falun Gong activity.

On August 22, 2019, the Daoli People's Court sentenced Xu to four years in prison and fined her 10,000 yuan.

Xu was believed to have served her sentence in Harbin City Women’s Prison. 

Xu's sentence should have ended in November 2022.

Related Cases: Fan Rong

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Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Falun Gong

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Appeal: Rejected

Sentence: 4 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: August//2018

Date of Sentencing: August/13/2019

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Cult

Lin Yanmei

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Lin Yanmei was imprisoned for her religious activity. 

In August 2018, authorities from of Dianbai district, Maoming municipality, Guangdong province, detained Lin, her sister, Lin Lizhen, and her nephew, Wu Chaoqi, reportedly in relation to their Falun Gong activity. 

On August 13, 2019, the Maonan District People's Court in Maoming sentenced Lin to four years and six months in prison and fined her 8,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

On December 2, 2019, Lin's appeal was denied.

Lin's sentence should have ended in February 2023.

Related Cases: Lin LizhenWu Chaoqi

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