The Dui Hua Foundation

09/16/2026

NEW: prisoner Updates 2026 #8. Gao Zhen Sentenced to Three Years for Mao-Related Artwork. Three Leaders of Wheatseed Reformed Church Sentenced. Sun Chao Detained Over Christian House-Church Activities.
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Gao Zhen Sentenced to Three Years for Mao-Related Artwork   Gao Zhen (高兟) was sentenced by the Sanhe City People’s Court, Hebei, to three years in prison for “infringing the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs.” His sentence runs from August 26, 2024, to August 25, 2027.....

08/19/2026

NEW: Prisoner Updates 2026 #7. China Indicts Eight Zion Church Members. Administrative Detention Escalates to Criminal Charges for Yueyang Rock Bible Church Members. Read More: https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-7/

07/28/2026

NEW: Prisoner Updates 2026 #6. Early Release of Erza Jin. Partial Bail Releases and Charge Escalation in Zion Church Case. Sisters sentenced to Eight-and-a-Half Years for “Picking Quarrels and Provoking Trouble”. Read More: https://duihua.org/prisoner-update-6/

06/30/2026

Assessing the results of the May summit in Beijing between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping is difficult. No joint statement was issued, and both parties have offered different takes on what was achieved.
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EVENT May Summit Prioritizes Trade and Security, Downplays Human Rights  Assessing the results of the May summit in Beijing between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping is difficult. No joint statement was issued (the last one was issued in 2016), and both parties have offered different ...

06/09/2026

NEW: Prisoner Updates 2026 #5. Thirty-One Christians Sentenced in Major Suizhou Church Case. Six Christians in Guizhou approved for arrest over religious activities involving minors. An activist sentenced for online speech and rights advocacy. Read more: https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2026-5/

06/04/2026

In the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, many governments around the world imposed sanctions on China, and a quiet, painstaking effort began to account for the thousands of people detained in the protests' wake. Read more: https://duihua.org/lists-and-prisons/

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01/21/2026

When we started up Dui Hua in 1999, the first thing we did was search out for political prisoners in Chinese books and magazines. We discovered Yu Rong, the man who protested from high and low. Read the story:

Soon after Dui Hua registered as a non-profit in April 1999, I and my colleagues began visiting the University Services Center (USC) on the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shatin. We focused on finding the names of political prisoners in Chinese books and magazines; many of t...

12/10/2025

12/10/2025

NEW: John Kamm Remembers. Holiday clemency granted by China’s judicial system isn’t rare — and the 2002 Christmas-era release of Xu Wenli, jailed for pro-democracy activism for more than a decade, remains one of the most memorable moments.
https://duihua.org/home-for-christmas/

12/02/2025

On this Giving Tuesday, get involved to support our mission of seeking clemency for religious and political prisoners in China.
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