重庆访民严文菊被判 4 年 6 个月后转押大坪监狱，自 2017 年以来第三次因维权入狱Chongqing petitioner Yan Wenju sentenced to 4.5 years, transferred to Daping Prison — her third imprisonment since 2017

重庆市奉节县夔州街道居民严文菊被判处有期徒刑 4 年 6 个月，现已转押至重庆市大坪监狱服刑，刑期至 2029 年 3 月 8 日。维权网 10 月 2 日公布其案情与简历；民生观察 10 月 1 日率先披露判决与转监消息。据公开资料，严文菊自 2017 年以来已三次因维权活动遭刑事处罚。[1][2]

案件的起点是家庭承包地纠纷。严文菊称，家庭承包地自 2013 年起在征收补偿程序存在争议的情况下被占用，此后她持续向有关部门投诉。2017 年，她因在涉争议土地现场拉横幅等行为被以“寻衅滋事罪”判刑 1 年 2 个月；2020 年她再次被捕，后以“组织非法聚集罪”被判刑 2 年 6 个月。民生观察还记录：2023 年 7 月一个月内，奉节县公安机关曾三次对她作出行政拘留决定；2024 年 6 月，她又因进京上访被行政拘留 10 日。[1]

严文菊 2023 年 12 月发生交通事故，胸椎骨折并伴有椎间盘问题，此后长期治疗。2024 年 9 月 9 日，奉节县公安局对仍在治疗的严文菊采取刑事拘留措施；同年 10 月 17 日，她被正式逮捕。据民生观察，检察机关曾建议判处 4 年有期徒刑，奉节县法院最终判处 4 年 6 个月，承办法官为欧燕；该机构把刑期增加与严文菊拒绝认罪联系起来。[1]

此次案件最具争议的事实，是夔州街道向严文菊提供的生活困难救助如何进入刑事案件：办案机关把有关款项认定为严文菊“强拿硬要”的事实依据，而严文菊本人拒绝认罪。由于公开渠道尚未检索到判决书全文，具体金额、法院对每项证据的认定以及辩护意见，都不能仅凭维权组织的叙述补足；“拒不认罪导致加刑”的因果关系也只能作为民生观察披露的说法。[1]

严文菊的身体状况同样受到关注。民生观察 2025 年曾报道，她在羁押期间因伤病长期卧床、生活难以自理，本人及丈夫申请变更强制措施，但未获批准。10 月最新通报称，她已从此前羁押地点转入大坪监狱服刑。[2]

核实说明：本记录记录的是“维权网、民生观察披露严文菊被判刑并转监”这一可核实的公开报道行为。判决结果（4 年 6 个月）、转押大坪监狱、刑期至 2029 年 3 月 8 日、以往处罚的时间线，均来自两家维权组织的披露；但“困难救助款被认定为强拿硬要”的具体事实、加刑与拒不认罪的因果关系，均无判决书全文可供查验，本站无法独立确认。本站将继续跟进。[1][2]

Yan Wenju, a resident of Kuizhou Subdistrict in Fengjie County, Chongqing, has been sentenced to four years and six months in prison and transferred to Chongqing's Daping Prison, with her term running to March 8, 2029. Weiquanwang published her case details and biography on October 2; Minsheng Guancha first disclosed the sentence and transfer on October 1. Public records show Yan has been criminally punished three times since 2017 over her rights-defense activities. [1][2]

The case began with a dispute over contracted farmland. Yan says her family's contracted land was occupied from 2013 onward while expropriation and compensation procedures remained disputed, after which she filed complaints with the authorities for years. In 2017 she was sentenced to 14 months for 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' after unfurling banners at the disputed site; in 2020 she was detained again and sentenced to 30 months for 'organizing illegal gatherings'. Minsheng Guancha also recorded that in July 2023 the Fengjie County public security authorities placed her under administrative detention three times within a single month, and in June 2024 she received a 10-day administrative detention for petitioning in Beijing. [1]

In December 2023 Yan was involved in a traffic accident that fractured her thoracic spine and damaged her intervertebral discs, requiring long-term treatment. On September 9, 2024, the Fengjie County Public Security Bureau placed her under criminal detention while she was still under treatment; on October 17 she was formally arrested. According to Minsheng Guancha, prosecutors had recommended four years in prison, but the Fengjie County court ultimately imposed four years and six months, with judge Ou Yan presiding; the outlet links the heavier sentence to Yan's refusal to plead guilty. [1]

The most contested fact in this case is how hardship assistance payments from the Kuizhou Subdistrict office entered the criminal proceedings: investigators treated the payments as the factual basis for Yan 'forcibly taking' money, while Yan herself refused to plead guilty. With no full judgment retrievable through public channels, the amounts, the court's findings on each piece of evidence and the defense's arguments cannot be reconstructed from the rights groups' accounts alone; the claimed causal link between refusing to plead guilty and the heavier sentence can only be reported as Minsheng Guancha's account. [1]

Yan's health in custody has also drawn attention. Minsheng Guancha reported in 2025 that during detention she had been bedridden with injuries for a long period and could not care for herself, and that her and her husband's applications to change the compulsory measures were denied. The October update says she has been moved from her previous detention location to Daping Prison. [2]

Verification note: this record documents the verifiable public act — Weiquanwang and Minsheng Guancha reporting Yan Wenju's sentence and prison transfer. The sentence (4.5 years), the transfer to Daping Prison, the term ending March 8, 2029, and the timeline of past punishments all come from the two rights outlets' disclosures; but the specific facts behind treating hardship assistance as 'forcibly taking', and the claimed link between refusing to plead guilty and the heavier sentence, have no published judgment to check against and cannot be independently confirmed by this site. This site will continue to follow the case. [1][2]