Additional Name(s): 张洪珠
Gender: Male
Current Location: Hulan Prison, Hulan, Harbin
Perpetrator: China
Religion or Belief: Falun Gong
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: October/8/2017
Date of Sentencing: February//2019
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Cult
Zhang Hongzhu is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On October 8, 2017, authorities in Bayan County, Harbin Municipality, Heilongjiang Province, arrested Zhang and charged him with "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
On July 19, 2018, the Yilan County People’s Court in Harbin tried Zhang alongside three others.
In February 2019, Zhang was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Zhang is believed to be serving his sentence in Hulan Prison, Hulan, Harbin.