Additional Name(s): 吴啊萍

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: China

Religion or Belief: Buddhist – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: July//2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Praying Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Public Disorder

Wu Aping

Extra Bio Info:

Wu Aping is detained for her religious activity.

In July 2022, authorities in Xuanwu district, Nanjing municipality, Jiangsu province, detained Wu after raiding Xuanzang Temple. The raid followed reports on social media that the temple had on display memorial tablets, for which Wu had paid, dedicated to Japanese war criminals who took part in the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. In Wu's televised confession, she said she had purchased the tablets in an attempt to “resolve grievances” and “relieve suffering.” Wu was criminally detained for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.”

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