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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Sept. 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Court Uses Deceit to Change Woman’s Probation Term to 4.5-Year Prison Sentence
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Sept. 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Detained Incommunicado for One Year and Counting
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Sept. 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Three Anhui Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 17, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Jilin Man Gets 5.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 17, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution52-Year-Old Liaoning Man Admitted to Prison after Losing Appeal to Revoke a Second 4-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 16, 2024 | Confirmed Death CasesBelated News: 70-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Dies After Suffering Years of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 6.5 Years, Liaoning Woman Gets Another 4 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionDongfeng County, Jilin Province: Eight Local Practitioners Arrested in One Day
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Sept. 15, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution1,219 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith in July and August 2024
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Sept. 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Convicted for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 10, 2024 (6 Reports)
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Sept. 14, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in July and August 2024: 94 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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Sept. 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHow Cisco Helped Implement the CCP’s Public Surveillance
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Sept. 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Stands Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman 53rd Falun Gong Practitioner Wrongly Convicted by Same Court Between 2022 and 2024
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Sept. 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 9, 2024 (5 Reports)
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Sept. 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Tianjin Women Get Jail Terms for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to One Year and Nine Months for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Heilongjiang Men Sentenced for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 6, 2024 (10 Reports)
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Sept. 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 7, 2024 (7 Reports)
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Sept. 12, 2024 | Confirmed Death CasesElderly Beijing Woman Loses Son and Daughter-in-law in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Sept. 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Six Years Behind Bars, 77-Year-Old Anhui Woman Gets Another 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Jilin Residents Given 12-13 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Two Jailed Previously
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Sept. 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 31, 2024 (10 Reports)
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Sept. 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 3, 2024 (8 Reports)
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Sept. 11, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesTortured for Upholding Her Faith, Former Internal Medicine Physician Dies Days after Prison Release
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Sept. 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Hebei Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Man Denied Lawyer Visits and Abused While Serving Five Years for His Faith
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Sept. 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Woman Secretly Arrested and Sentenced for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Man Arrested After Ten Years in Displacement, Sentenced to Prison Three Weeks Later
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Sept. 10, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution86-Year-Old Man Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Woman Given Second Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information About the Trials of Six Sichuan Residents Unlawfully Sentenced to Prison for Their Faith
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Sept. 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 5, 2024 (7 Reports)
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Sept. 9, 2024 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Procuratorate Officials Yin Ling and Ou Lingjun in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Sept. 9, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesBelated News: 64-Year-Old Beijing Woman Dies Five Months After Her Wrongful Conviction for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 9, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Becomes Incapacitated Due to Torture in Prison
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Sept. 9, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution54-Year-Old Shandong Man Loses Appeal Against 2-Year Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 9, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 4, 2024 (5 Reports)
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Sept. 8, 2024 | Organ HarvestingWashington DC: Press Conference Calls for End to Forced Organ Harvesting in China
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Sept. 8, 2024 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Lu Xianyu, Former Party Secretary and Warden of Wangling Prison, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Sept. 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Over 16 Years Behind Bars, 61-Year-Old Sichuan Man Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Arrested Again for Her Faith after Having Been Incarcerated for 13 Years
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Sept. 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Shanxi Joins Henan in Arresting Out-of-province Falun Gong Practitioner for Posting Falun Gong Information on Social Media
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Sept. 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 30, 2024 (6 Reports)
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Sept. 7, 2024 | Confirmed Death Cases73-Year-Old Hunan Man Dies After Years of Persecution for His Faith, Including Nearly 7 Years in Prison
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Sept. 7, 2024 | Confirmed Death CasesJilin Man Dies 21 Days After Being Released on Bail, Posthumously Threatened with 3 Year Prison Sentence
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Sept. 7, 2024 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Zhong Yibing, Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Justice Bureau, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Sept. 7, 2024 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Wang Liguo and Han Yanwei, Former and Current Wardens of Heilongjiang Province Women’s Prison, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Sept. 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for Three Years, 57-Year-Old Shandong Man Faces Indictment Again for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 7, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution55-Year-Old Gansu Woman Still Under Strict Management Seven Months Into Her Prison Admission, Family Recently Allowed First Visit
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Sept. 6, 2024 | Confirmed Death CasesShandong Woman Dies After Decades of Harassment, Displacement, and Suffering from Involuntary Drug Administration
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Sept. 6, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Guizhou Woman Appears in Court Three Times for Her Faith
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Sept. 6, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Woman Given Second Prison Sentence for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 1, 2024 (10 Reports)
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Sept. 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – September 2, 2024 (5 Reports)
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Sept. 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionFushun City, Liaoning Province: Six Locals Face Prosecution for Their Faith
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Sept. 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Files Complaint Against Perpetrators While Awaiting Trial for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 29, 2024 (10 Reports)
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Sept. 4, 2024 | Confirmed Death CasesHunan Woman Dies After Years of Detention, Torture and Financial Persecution
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Sept. 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 5.5 Years, 57-Year-Old Fujian Veteran Faces Indictment Again for His Faith
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Sept. 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information on the Prosecution of Four Yunnan Residents Sentenced for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Sept. 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 23, 2024 (8 Reports)
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Sept. 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 27, 2024 (11 Reports)
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Sept. 3, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution29-Year-Old Mother of Two Becomes Mentally Ill and Incapacitated After Serving Ten Months for Her Faith
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Sept. 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Shandong Women in Same District Imprisoned for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 3, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution57-Year-Old Shanxi Woman Gets Heavier Prison Sentence than Prosecution’s Recommendation Because She Upholds Her Faith
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Sept. 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Nine Years Behind Bars, 56-Year-Old Shaanxi Woman Gets Another 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 26, 2024 (8 Reports)
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Sept. 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 2, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesBelated News: 81-Year-Old Shandong Man Dies While on Parole from Prison
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Sept. 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHuayuan County, Hunan Province: Same Court Convicts Two More People After Sentencing Another Resident for Practicing Falun Gong
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Sept. 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 24, 2024 (8 Reports)
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Sept. 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 25, 2024 (4 Reports)
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Sept. 1, 2024 | Torture of WomenPersecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the Third Ward of Beijing Women’s Prison
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Sept. 1, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Arrested Again One Year After Serving a Prison Term for His Faith
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Sept. 1, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Sentenced to 1.5-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 31, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Spent 11 Years Behind Bars, Yunnan Woman Gets Another Four Years for Her Faith
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Aug. 31, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Woman Tried for Talking to People about Falun Gong
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Aug. 31, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Admitted to Prison to Serve a Six-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 31, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Liaoning Resident Faces Indictment for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Aug. 31, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 28, 2024 (3 Reports)
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Aug. 30, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Faces Prosecution for Seeking Justice for Wrongfully Jailed Husband
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Aug. 30, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution57-Year-Old Tianjin Woman Gets 1.5 Years for Her Faith, Having Previously Been Detained 14 Months in a Labor Camp
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Aug. 30, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 22, 2024 (8 Reports)
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Aug. 29, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 13 Months, 61-Year-Old Shandong Woman Arrested Again for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Aug. 29, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Shandong Man Put on Trial Again Even Though a Conviction Given in 2022 Still Stands
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Aug. 28, 2024 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Liu Changgen, Secretary of the Gansu Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Aug. 28, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Beijing Woman Imprisoned After Losing Appeal Against 2-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 28, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionCollege Student Detained for 15 Hours After Minghui.org Publishes a Report About Her Earlier Persecution
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Aug. 28, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – August 21, 2024 (12 Reports)
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Aug. 27, 2024 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Zheng Qing, President of the Liaoning Provincial Higher Court, in Persecuting Falun Gong
