(Minghui.org) AMs. Li Yanxia, in her 70s, from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, was sentenced to eight years at the end of 2024 for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Li a former manager at the Yuejinqiao Industrial and Commercial Bureau, was arrested on April 3, 2024, after being reported for talking to people about Falun Gong. She was held at the Wuhan City First Detention Center and convicted at the end of the year. Details about her indictment, trial and sentencing are not clear.
This is not the first time that Ms. Li has been targeted for her faith. She was previously arrested on July 7, 2012, also for talking to people about Falun Gong. After she was held for a few months at the Wuhan City First Detention Center, she was sentenced to three years and taken to the Hubei Province Women’s Prison in Wuhan.
Ms. Li was arrested again in January 2021 and held at a brainwashing center for an unknown period of time.
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