(Minghui.org) Ms. Zhang Lifang, 65, from Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is serving a 2.5-year prison term for her faith in Falun Gong, Minghui.org learned recently.
Ms. Zhang went to Yinchuan City, the capital of Ningxia, to visit her daughter in early 2025. A person spotted her talking to people about Falun Gong and followed her. He reported her to the police, and she was arrested on March 29, 2025.
Ms. Zhang was later indicted by the Xixia District Procuratorate, and the Xixia District Court secretly sentenced her to prison. Details about her indictment, trial, or sentencing aren’t clear. She was transferred from the Yinchuan City Detention Center to the Ningxia Women’s Prison at an unknown time.
This is the seventh time Ms. Zhang has been arrested since the Chinese Communist Party ordered the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999. She previously served three forced labor camp terms totaling five years, and a three-year prison term. The communist regime’s slanderous propaganda, intimidation, and threats also put Ms. Zhang’s husband and children under tremendous pressure.
In addition to Ms. Zhang’s ordeal, her three sisters and one niece were also targeted for practicing Falun Gong. Her oldest sister, Ms. Zhang Yufang, was tortured to the point of disability in a labor camp and remains bedridden to this day. Ms. Zhang Yufang’s husband, Mr. Xu Yaozhen, died as a result of the persecution. Their daughter, Ms. Xu Yan, was sentenced to three years in prison. Ms. Zhang Lifang’s two other sisters, Ms. Zhang Shufang and Ms. Zhang Lanfang, also lost their lives to the persecution.
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