(Minghui.org) At least 13 Falun Gong practitioners are still held at the Dezhou City Detention Center in Shandong Province.
Six of the practitioners are residents of neighboring Hebei Province, including Ms. Zhang Wenping, Ms. Cheng Guijun, Ms. Song Guifen, Mr. Men Bingcheng, Mr. Yu Yongli, and Ms. Li Zhenying. They were arrested on June 19, 2024, hours after they distributed Falun Gong informational materials in neighboring Ningjin County, Shandong Province. They stood trial on April 18, 2025 and are awaiting verdicts at the Dezhou City Detention Center. See the related reports for details of their persecution.
Six Jinan City, Shandong Province, residents were arrested around mid-June 2024, while distributing Falun Gong informational materials in Lingcheng District, Dezhou City. After they were detained for about three weeks at an unknown location, they were transferred to the Dezhou City Detention Center. Their names and the details of their arrests remain to be investigated.
The 13th practitioner, Mr. Gao Baoliang, a disabled man in his 50s from Dezhou City, was arrested on June 19, 2025 and taken to the Dezhou City Detention Center. Prior to his latest arrest, about ten agents from the Lingcheng District Police Department broke into his home on October 24, 2023 and confiscated his printer and other valuables. They attempted to arrest him, but relented due to his disability. They installed a surveillance camera outside his door to monitor him and eventually arrested him on June 19, 2025.
Six Hebei Residents Tried in Shandong, Family Defenders and One Lawyer Blocked from Courtroom