Zhao Xiuhua - 赵秀花
Chinese name:
赵秀花
Gender:
Female
Age:
77
City:
Zhangjiakou
Province:
Hebei
Occupation:
Date of Death:
January 26, 2023
Date of Most Recent Arrest:
May 23, 2022
Most recent place of detention:
A local police station
Case Description:
Ms. Zhao Xiuhua, a Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province resident, passed away on January 26, 2023, after she left home to avoid being sentenced for practicing Falun Gong. She was 77.NNMs. Zhao was arrested on May 23, 2022 three days after she was reported for distributing informational materials about Falun Gong. Through surveillance camera footage, the police confirmed her identity and located her address. As she developed some health conditions at the police station, the police released her in the evening and put her on bail next day.NNAfter being indicted by the Qiaodong District Procuratorate in late July 2022, Ms. Zhao was forced to live away from home to avoid being sentenced. Due to the mental pressure and hardship of living in displacement, she passed away less than six months later.NNPrior to her latest arrest, Ms. Zhao was subjected to two decades of harassment, after she was put on the police’s blacklist following an arrest on October 26, 2000 for appealing for Falun Gong in Beijing. She was savagely beaten by the police and most of her hair was pulled out. The police extorted 8,000 yuan from her family before releasing her.
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