(Minghui.org) A woman in Qingyuan County, Liaoning Province, is facing continued detention after serving a 3.5-year prison term for her faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Ms. Zhang Chuanwen is scheduled to be released from the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on June 5, 2026, which happens to be her 58th birthday. However, the prison authorities informed her family in mid-May 2026 that they would hand her over to her local government that day, and she would not be allowed to go home.
Ms. Zhang was arrested on December 4, 2022, for distributing calendars bearing information about Falun Gong. She was secretly sentenced to 3.5 years by the Wanghua District Court on March 24, 2023. After she was admitted to the Liaoning Province Women’s Prison on July 26, 2023, she was denied family visits.
An insider revealed that the guards and inmates did not allow Ms. Zhang to sleep and ordered her to remain standing and watch videos that smeared Falun Gong in August 2023. When she refused to comply, she was beaten and verbally abused. She lost four teeth and went into shock as a result of the beating. After she was rushed to the hospital, the doctors diagnosed her with heart disease.
The guards, however, did not tell Ms. Zhang about her diagnosis and took her back to the prison without providing her with further medical care. For the next three months, she was only allowed to sleep for two or three hours every day. While she was awake, she had to sit on a small stool, motionless.
Ms. Zhang was moved to Team Nine of Division 5 in late December 2023. The guards forced her to do hard labor for long hours every day. She felt dizzy and her chest felt tight. Team leads Wang Zhuo and An Xinlei verbally abused her, and the inmates who monitored her removed her mattress and did not let her sit up.
Ms. Zhang’s family visited her again in early 2025. They noticed that she walked very slowly and couldn’t open one eye. She looked exhausted and spoke in a very weak voice. Her teeth were discolored and very loose. When her family asked what happened, she pointed to the “Strict Management” division badge she was wearing, indicating that she was subjected to brutal torture. She also said that her heart was beating very fast and she felt extremely uncomfortable. During their conversation, a guard stood nearby and recorded everything they said. The meeting ended in just ten minutes.
Prior to her latest prison term, Ms. Zhang had served another two labor camp terms and one prison term for upholding her faith in Falun Gong.
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