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 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.
"Zhang Minglang" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)