Additional Name(s): 李立鑫
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Han
Religion or Belief: Falun Gong
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July/19/2020
Date of Sentencing: January/14/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Cult
Li Lixin
Extra Bio Info:
Li Lixin is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, living in Beijing for allegedly sharing photos of Beijing street scenes during the COVID-19 pandemic with a publication associated with Falun Gong. Authorities also reportedly seized Falun Gong related materials from the practitioners’ residences.
On January 14, 2022, the Dongcheng People’s Court sentenced Li to five years in prison and fined him 10,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
Related Cases: Xu Na, Li Zongze, Zheng Yanmei, Zheng Yujie, Deng Jingjing, Meng Qingxia, Li Jiaxuan, Jiao Mengjiao, Zhang Renfei, Liu Qiang
Sources:
- "Li Lixin" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
May 6, 2022
Since 2020, USCIRF has recommended that India be designated a Country of Particular of Concern, or CPC, due to the Indian government’s promotion of Hindu nationalism, and engagement and facilitation of systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. The othering of those that are non-Hindu through the misuse of national and state-level legislation has turned India’s diverse and pluralistic society into more of a hostile state for many religious communities, particularly Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Adivasis, and Dalits.
Today USCIRF Commissioner Anurima Bhargava joins us to discuss the growing climate of intolerance toward non-Hindus in India.
Read USCIRF’s 2022 Annual Report Chapter on India
Additional Name(s): 李宗泽
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Han
Religion or Belief: Falun Gong
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 5 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: July/19/2020
Date of Sentencing: January/14/2022
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Possession of Religious Materials Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Cult
Li Zongze
Extra Bio Info:
Li Zongze is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On July 19, 2020, public security officials in Beijing municipality detained 13 Falun Gong practitioners, including Li, living in Beijing for allegedly sharing photos of Beijing street scenes during the COVID-19 pandemic with a publication associated with Falun Gong. Authorities also reportedly seized Falun Gong related materials from the practitioners’ residences.
On January 14, 2022, the Dongcheng People’s Court sentenced Li to five years in prison and fined him 10,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
Related Cases: Xu Na, Li Lixin, Zheng Yanmei, Zheng Yujie, Deng Jingjing, Meng Qingxia, Li Jiaxuan, Jiao Mengjiao, Zhang Renfei, Liu Qiang
Sources:
- "Li Zongze" Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)