(Minghui.org) A woman jailed for practicing Falun Gong told her family in a phone call on March 27, 2025 that she “had evidence to prove that she was interrogated with torture and wrongfully detained.” As soon as she said those words, the call was abruptly cut off. It was one minute and 58 seconds into the conversation when a typical call was allowed three minutes.
Ms. Zhang Ping, a 55-year-old resident of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, was arrested on May 9, 2022, and sentenced to five years with a 20,000-yuan fine on April 7, 2023. Her appeal was denied on November 13, 2023 and she was transferred from the Lanzhou City First Detention Center to the Gansu Province Women’s Prison at the end of January 2024.
Since the above-mentioned call was ended before Ms. Zhang was able to elaborate on what she meant, it is unclear whether she was referring to what happened after her arrest in 2022 that likely resulted in her prison sentence.
Prior to the phone call, Ms. Zhang’s family visited her in prison on February 27, 2025. She said she was still under strict management, which meant many of her rights as a prisoner were revoked.
The strict management punishment started from mid-August 2024 at the latest, when Ms. Zhang’s family was finally allowed to see her for the first time since her prison admission. They noted that she had become emaciated. She said she was not given enough food to eat and lost about ten pounds in seven months. The money that they sent in was tightly controlled by the guards, who limited her purchase of daily necessities.
For details of Ms. Zhang’s arrest and prosecution, see the related reports below.
Related Reports:
54-Year-Old Gansu Woman Given Second 5-Year Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioner Ms. Zhang Ping from Lanzhou City, Gansu Province
Two Practitioners Sentenced to Long Terms in Gansu Province Women's PrisonThe Persecution That Ms. Long Lianqiu Suffered Before Death
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