Gender: Female
Perpetrator: China
Ethnic Group: Han
Religion or Belief: Christian – Church of Almighty God
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 6 Years, 6 Months' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: August/10/2017
Date of Sentencing: September/26/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Cult
Zhu Guangjuan is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On August 10, 2017, the police from the Tanzhou National Security Brigade of Zhongshan city detained Zhu reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and for contacting Church of Almighty God contacts overseas to upload the story of her persecution in 2014.
On September 26, 2018, the Zhongshan City No. 1 People’s Court convicted Zhu for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL). There is conflicting information about the length of Zhu's sentence. Bitter Winter reported the court sentenced her to a consolidated six years in prison, with other sources indicating six years and six months in prison (three years and six months in prison for this 2018 conviction, coupled with a previous 2015 sentence of three years in prison). In 2014, Zhu had been arrested and detained a month and then later given in November 2015 a suspended three-year sentence and three years' probation on the same "cult" charge for her religious activity.
"Guangdong Christian Imprisoned After Years of Persecution" Bitter Winter
China Prisoners Database Details: ZHU Guangjuan Human Rights Without Frontiers
"Cases of Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of CAG Christians by CCP" Association for the Defense of Human Rights and Religious Freedom