Additional Name(s): 张明朗

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: December/22/2017

Date of Sentencing: January/7/2019

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Cult

Zhang Minglang

Extra Bio Info:

Zhang Minglang was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On December 22, 2017, authorities in Bazhou district, Bazhong municipality, Sichuan province, detained at least 16 Falun Gong practitioners, including Zhang, in relation to their practice of Falun Gong.

On January 7, 2019, the Bazhou District People’s Court sentenced Zhang to five years in prison for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).

Zhang's sentence should have ended in December 2022.

Sources: