Persecution
By the end of the 1990s, a hundred million people were practicing Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline's growing popularity as a threat to the CCP's atheistic ideology and on July 20, 1999, issued an order to ban the practice. Since then, thousands of practitioners have been confirmed to have died as a result of the persecution, and many more have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for organs.
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Aug. 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Tianjin Woman Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Aug. 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Barbershop Owner Sentenced to Third Prison Term
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Aug. 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution57-Year-Old Shandong Woman Sentenced to More Than Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Sichuan Woman’s Case Still Pending After Two Hearings
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Aug. 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman in Her 70s Faces Constant Harassment Since 2011 for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 19, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution86-Year-Old Hunan Woman Admitted to Prison to Serve 6-Month Term From 2023
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Aug. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 5, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Aug. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 8, 2026 (10 Reports)
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Aug. 19, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Liaoning Man Dies After Enduring Decades of Harassment for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 18, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Woman Jailed to Serve a Three-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFujian Woman Stands Trial for Practicing Falun Gong, Husband Barred from Attending Hearing
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Aug. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 3, 2026 (5 Reports)
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Aug. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 4, 2026 (4 Reports)
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Aug. 17, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution65-Year-Old Woman Jailed for Her Faith Dies Two Days Before Prison Release
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Aug. 17, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Sichuan Man Completes Five-Year Prison Sentence for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Aug. 17, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Indicted for Her Faith, Previously Given Three Years of Forced Labor
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Aug. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 30, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Aug. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Sentenced to Over Three Years for Her Faith, Incapacitated Husband Dies
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Aug. 16, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Guizhou Woman Put in Jail to Serve a 3-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 28, 2026 (14 Reports)
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Aug. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFrom Persecution of Family Members to Transnational Repression
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Aug. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 25, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Aug. 15, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution83-Year-Old Guizhou Woman Held in Police Hospital After Prison Refuses to Admit Her Due to Poor Health
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Aug. 15, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution53-Year-Old Jilin Woman Detained Again for Her Faith, Previously Repeatedly Targeted
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Aug. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Woman Drugged and Denied Personal Hygiene While Serving Wrongful Term for Her Faith
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Aug. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAiling 88-Year-Old Woman Taken Into Custody To Serve a Four-Year Prison Term
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Aug. 14, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution54-Year-Old Chongqing Man Detained for More Than Five Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 14, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution47-Year-Old Hubei Man Stands Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Police: “You Should Be Grateful We Didn’t Arrest You”
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Aug. 13, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution63-Year-Old Jilin Woman Dies Less Than Four Years After Serving a 1.5-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 1, 2026 (7 Reports)
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Aug. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 2, 2026 (6 Reports)
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Aug. 12, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionGuizhou Woman Dies 27 Days After Her Release from a Five-Year Prison Sentence Due to Her Faith
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Aug. 12, 2026 | Organ HarvestingRegensburg, Germany: People Learn About the CCP’s Organ Harvesting
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Aug. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to 18 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTargeted in a Mass Arrest, Hebei Man Faces Indictment for His Faith
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Aug. 12, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution71-year-Old Woman Loses the Ability to Walk While Detained for Her Faith
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Aug. 12, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution67-Year-Old Shandong Woman Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 31, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Aug. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Sentenced to a Total of 4.5 Years, 81-Year-Old Guizhou Woman Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Faces Prosecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Aug. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Jiangxi Women, 66 and 69, Sentenced for Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Aug. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 29, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Aug. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionRideshare Driver Faces Prison Sentence for Sharing with a Passenger How Falun Gong Lifted Him Out of Despair
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Aug. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTorture Methods and Persecution in Jilin Province Women’s Prison
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Aug. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDiabetic Man Abused in Prison While Serving Wrongful Term for His Faith
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Aug. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 27, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Aug. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSoftware Engineer Tortured While Serving Eight Years for Raising Awareness About the Persecution of His Faith
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Aug. 9, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionTianjin Woman Dies Six Months After Prison Release for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 26, 2026 (6 Reports)
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Aug. 8, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Woman Incarcerated to Serve a 5-Year Term Handed Down in 2021, Incapacitated Husband Now in Nursing Home
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Aug. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShanghai Woman Detained for Over 14 Months for Her Faith, Police Refuse to Provide Notice of Arrest
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Aug. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Tortured Resulting in Incontinence and Amnesia While Serving 11 Years in Prison, 63-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 24, 2026 (19 Reports)
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Aug. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionUpdates on Mass Arrests in Jinan City, Shandong Province: Seven Sentenced, Five Awaiting Verdicts, Four Facing Trial
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Aug. 7, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution51-Year-Old Gansu Woman Admitted to a Prison in Sichuan Province to Serve Time for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJiangxi Woman, 68, Again Faces Indictment for Her Faith, Previously Incarcerated Nearly Six Years
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Aug. 7, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution79-Year-Old Jilin Woman Ordered to Pay Back Pension Benefits Issued During Her Imprisonment for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 23, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Aug. 6, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Jilin Woman Sentenced to 18 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 6, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution64-Year-Old Fujian Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Liaoning Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHunan Woman Stands Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 21, 2026 (14 Reports)
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Aug. 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 22, 2026 (5 Reports)
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Aug. 5, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionFormer Police Officer Given Toxic Injection Two Months Before Prison Release Dies Nine Years Later
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Aug. 5, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionXinjiang Woman Dies Serving Third Prison Term for Her Faith, Family Not Notified Until She Was Cremated
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Aug. 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 19, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Aug. 4, 2026 | Physical Torture MethodsJilin Woman Recounts How She Was Tortured During Four-Year Illegal Prison Term
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Aug. 4, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Recounts Her Experiences During Her Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Shanghai Residents Sentenced to Prison in Jiangsu Province
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Aug. 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Woman Faces Prosecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 3, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in First Half of 2026: 54 Falun Gong Practitioners Die in the Persecution of Their Faith (Graphic Photos)
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Aug. 3, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionCancer-Stricken Woman Detained to Complete 3-Year Term for Her Faith, Dies 14 Months After Release
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Aug. 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTianshui City, Gansu Province: Four Falun Gong Practitioners and One Family Member Sentenced to Prison
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Aug. 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 18, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Aug. 2, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution83-Year-Old Woman Taken into Custody to Serve a Three-Year Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Aug. 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 17, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Aug. 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information About 84-Year-Old Man Who Died Shortly After Serving a Second Prison Term for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Aug. 1, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 16, 2026 (11 Reports)
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July 31, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Dies at 58 After Enduring Years of Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 31, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution66-Year-Old Hebei Woman Requests Jury Trial, No Jurors Present at Previous Hearings
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July 31, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 11, 2026 (4 Reports)
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July 30, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution87-Year-Old Jilin Woman Imprisoned for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Hubei Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 30, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Given Second 4-Year Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Admitted to Prison to Serve a 1.5-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 29, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution65-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Arrested on Train Back Home from Vacation, Dies in Detention 23 Days Later
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July 29, 2026 | BrainwashingAnlu City, Hubei Province: 25 Years of Brainwashing Sessions Targeting Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information About Woman Who Was Ordered to Return 18 Years’ Pension Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 10, 2026 (11 Reports)
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionNew Details About Liaoning Woman’s Latest Arrest and Past Persecution
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Detained in Hubei Province for More Than Two Months
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Former Hospital Director Stands Trial Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution81-Year-Old Liaoning Woman’s Pension Still Suspended Since April 2016 Despite Her Repeated Appeals and Lawsuit
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution85-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Serving Third Prison Term, Only One of Her Children Allowed To Visit Her
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution56-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Trial, Daughter Detained for 10 Days for Seeking Her Release
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 15, 2026 (10 Reports)
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July 26, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Man in Serious Condition While Detained for His Faith, Family Demands Immediate Release
