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' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: June/27/2018
Date of Sentencing: December/28/2018
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Cult
Zou Yongxia is imprisoned for her religious belief and activity.
On June 27, 2018, officers from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Nanfen Branch of Benxi City Public Security Bureau detained Zou reportedly in relation to her religious beliefs and activity.
On December 28, 2018, Nanfen District People’s Court in Benxi sentenced Zou to six years in prison and fined her 30,000 yuan for "organizing or using a cult to undermine implementation of the law" (Art. 300 CCL).
China Prisoners Database Details: ZOU Yongxia 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