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Name: Liu HuijuChinese Name: 刘慧菊Gender: FemaleAge: 84City: ShuangyashanProvince: HeilongjiangOccupation: N/ADate of Death: May 7, 2026Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 31, 2025Most Recent Place of Detention: Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison
Despite her poor health, the authorities took Ms. Liu Huiju into custody in July 2025 to serve a 1.5-year prison term that she received in late 2021 for practicing Falun Gong.
Over the next nine months, Ms. Liu was resuscitated four times. When her family visited her, she no longer recognized them. She died in prison on May 7, 2026, just weeks after her 84th birthday.
Ms. Liu, of Shuangyashan City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested on May 12, 2020, and later released on bail and put under residential surveillance. The police submitted her case to the Shuangyashan City Procuratorate in August 2021, which indicted her and transferred her case to the Shuangyashan City Court.
The mental pressure from the persecution took a toll on Ms. Liu’s health. She developed persistent high blood pressure and her old heart condition returned. Because she wasn’t able to travel, the judge and the prosecutor tried her at home on November 30, 2021, and sentenced her to one and a half years with a 1,000-yuan fine at the end of the hearing. Given her poor health, the court didn’t immediately order her to start serving time.
On June 12, 2025, eight police officers seized Ms. Liu at her home. She was denied admission to the local detention center and sent back home later that day. Officers from the Fuan Police Station repeatedly called her to ask if she made any recovery.
In early July 2025, the police returned to Ms. Liu’s home. They strapped her to a stretcher and took her to the hospital in an ambulance. They claimed they were taking her to the hospital for a physical exam but took her to the local detention center after the checkup. She was transferred to the Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison on July 31, 2025, and died there on May 7, 2026.
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