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: January/10/2018
Date of Sentencing: April/1/2019
Current Status: Unknown
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Cult
Xiao Guorong was imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On January 10, 2018, officers from the Public Security Bureau in the Mosuowan Reclamation Area detained Xiao reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and copying of religious materials for other Christians.
On April 1, 2019, the Mosuowan Reclamation Area People’s Court in Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps sentenced Xiao to five 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).
Xiao's sentence should have ended in July 2023.
China Prisoners Database Details: XIAO Guorong 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