Luo Yanping
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: 10 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: December/11/2012
Date of Sentencing: November/21/2013
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Distributing Religious Materials Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Cult
Luo Yanping
Extra Bio Info:
Luo Yanping was imprisoned for her religious activity.
On December 11, 2012, officers from the Tonglu County Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang province detained Luo reportedly for printing books about the Church of Almighty God.
On November 21, 2013, the People’s Court of Tonglu, Zhejiang, sentenced Luo to ten years in prison and two years of deprived political rights for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
On an unspecified date, Luo was released from prison.
Publicly Available Information:
- China Prisoners Database Details: LOU Yanping Human Rights Without Frontiers
- "Cases of Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of CAG Christians by CCP" Association for the Defense of Human Rights and Religious Freedom
- "CHINA: The Church of Almighty God: Prisoners Database (1149 cases)" Human Rights Without Frontiers