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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May 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDisplaced 63-Year-Old Retired Teacher Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 7, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Shandong Woman Given Second Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Man Sentenced to 7.5 Years for Posting Information About Falun Gong on WeChat
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May 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 20, 2026 (7 Reports)
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May 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 19, 2026 (12 Reports)
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May 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution50-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 21, 2026 (11 Reports)
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May 4, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Beijing Woman Arrested a Fourth Time for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJinan City, Shandong Province: Married Couple Sentenced, Four Others Facing Trial, and 13 More Facing Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 18, 2026 (9 Reports)
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May 3, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution66-Year-Old Henan Woman Faces Indictment Again for Her Faith, Previously Jailed a Total of 10 Years
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May 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Six Years of Incarceration, Beijing Man Sentenced Again for His Faith
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May 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 17, 2026 (9 Reports)
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May 2, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Retired Sichuan Engineer Dies 18 Months After Serving a One-Year Prison Term in Xinjiang Province
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May 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong, Husband Still Detained Over Two Months Later
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May 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 16, 2026 (12 Reports)
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May 1, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Hubei Woman Taken Straight to Brainwashing Center After Serving an 8-Year Prison Term for Her Faith
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May 1, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Faces Indictment Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 30, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution94-Year-Old Incapacitated Man Sent to Prison to Serve a 3-Year Term
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April 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHengyang City, Hunan Province: 11 Sentenced to 2-8 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionIncapacitated Woman, 83, Not Released Until 5-Year Prison Term Is Completed
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April 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Develops Heart Condition In Four Months of Prison Admission, Still Denied Family Visits
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April 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to Eight Months By Jilin Court for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionReleased on Bail After 19 Months in a Police Hospital, 78-Year-Old Woman Awaits Verdict After Three Hearings
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April 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Native Arrested in Hainan Province for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 8, 2026 (7 Reports)
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April 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionCancer Stricken Tianjin Woman Not Released on Parole Until in Critical Condition, Dies Four Days Later
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April 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 15, 2026 (15 Reports)
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April 26, 2026 | Peaceful Appeal of April 25, 1999Recollections of the Peaceful Appeal in Beijing in 1999: My 16-Hour Experience
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April 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Remain Detained for Their Faith, Wife Previously Jailed for 4 Years
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April 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Spent Nearly a Third of His Life Behind Bars for His Faith, 53-Year-Old Liaoning Man Arrested Again
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April 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolia Woman Jailed to Serve a Two-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution55-Year-Old Ningxia Man Dies One Month Before 5-Year Prison Term Ends, Daughter Suspects Foul Play
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April 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution63-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies After Years of Incarceration for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Hunan Woman Dies After Years of Incarceration and Torture for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 24, 2026 | BrainwashingBaoding, Hebei Province: Extra-Judicial Agency Launches Student-Facing Campaign Aimed to Defame Falun Gong
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April 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Heilongjiang Residents Forced to Attend Virtual Court Hearing Despite Their Objection
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April 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 14, 2026 (5 Reports)
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April 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for 10 Years, 72-Year-Old Jiangsu Man Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Recounts How He Was Persecuted for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFlour Factory Owner Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 13, 2026 (9 Reports)
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April 22, 2026 | Peaceful Appeal of April 25, 1999Ten Things You May Not Know That Led to the CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong
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April 22, 2026 | Peaceful Appeal of April 25, 1999Sydney, Australia: Speakers Condemn CCP’s Transnational Repression During Rally to Commemorate April 25 Peaceful Appeal (Part 2)
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April 22, 2026 | Torture of WomenMental Abuse of Falun Gong Practitioners in Shandong Province Women’s Prison
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April 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 3 Years, 67-Year-Old Liaoning Man Faces Trial Again for Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Falun Gong
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April 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 10, 2026 (9 Reports)
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April 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Woman Sent to Prison After Losing Appeal
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April 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Man Released After Serving 2.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 7, 2026 (9 Reports)
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April 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionReported in March 2026: 43 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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April 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Man Force-Fed 16 Times in 8 Days While Detained for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Liaoning Residents Who Had Been Out on Bail Taken Back Into Custody After Fourth Court Hearing
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April 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 12, 2026 (15 Reports)
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April 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information About the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the Third Division of Beijing Women’s Prison
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April 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMore About the Case Against 78-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Serving a 2-Year Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Sentenced to Prison in Jiangsu Province for His Faith in Falun Gong
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April 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 11, 2026 (5 Reports)
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April 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for Her Faith, 60-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Faces Trial Again
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April 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Shandong Residents Face Trial for Practicing Falun Gong, One of Them Previously Incarcerated 7.5 Years
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April 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDashiqiao City, Liaoning Province: Eight Falun Gong Practitioners and One Family Member Indicted
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April 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 9, 2026 (9 Reports)
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April 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLatest Attempt from Judge to Put 94-Year-Old Man in Jail to Serve a 3-Year Term Given in 2021
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April 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLongkou City, Shandong Province: 9 Arrested and 3 Harassed in Recent Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 17, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Former Nurse Comatose After Being Tortured for Practicing Falun Gong, Dies Two Years Later
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April 16, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Shaanxi Woman Loses Appeal of 9-Year Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 16, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Hebei Woman Faces Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Woman Sentenced to One Year for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Guangdong Men Face Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 6, 2026 (6 Reports)
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April 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionElderly Couple Sentenced to Prison 10 Months Apart, Both Still Incarcerated
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April 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Secretly Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Shandong Women in Their 70s Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionChongqing Woman Abused While Serving Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 5, 2026 (6 Reports)
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April 15, 2026 | Physical Torture MethodsAdditional Information About the Abuse of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Province Women’s Prison
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April 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFinancial Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jiangxi Province
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April 14, 2026 | Torture of Women61-Year-Old Disabled Heilongjiang Woman Gets 4.5 Years After Filing Complaints Against Police for Torturing Her in Prison
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April 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionBlind Woman, Around 57, Likely Taken Back Into Custody to Start Serving a 7-Year Prison Term Given in 2023 for Her Faith
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April 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMore on the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in the 16th Division of Ningxia’s Shizuishan Prison
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April 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 3, 2026 (9 Reports)
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April 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 4, 2026 (7 Reports)
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April 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionSystematic Torture and Brainwashing of Falun Gong Practitioners at Jiazhou Prison
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April 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHunan Man Relentlessly Tortured While Serving Second 4-Year Prison Term for His Faith
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April 13, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Woman Detained Incommunicado for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 2, 2026 (4 Reports)
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April 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionWidowed in the Persecution of Falun Gong, Jilin Man Recounts Years of Prison Torture
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April 12, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution69-Year-Old Veteran, Deaf and Confused After Serving One Year for His Faith, Likely Drugged in Prison
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April 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 14 Years Behind Bars, Heilongjiang Woman Given Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 1, 2026 (6 Reports)
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April 11, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Shandong Woman Dies After Enduring Years of Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman, Once Tortured in a Labor Camp for Practicing Falun Gong, Dies in March 2026
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April 11, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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April 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 29, 2026 (7 Reports)
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April 10, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsGuards in Shandong Province Prison Instigate Felons to Torture Falun Gong Practitioners
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April 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPolice Forge Woman’s Medical Records to Keep Her Detained, Fabricate Evidence to Get Her Indicted for Her Faith
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April 10, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Woman Finishes Serving 3.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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April 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Jailed for Three Years for Upholding His Faith in Falun Gong
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April 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 31, 2026 (6 Reports)
