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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Jan. 15, 2025 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Gao Changsheng in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 15, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 47-Year-Old Ningxia Woman Dies in 2020
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Jan. 15, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 79-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Dies Six Days After Latest Harassment
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Jan. 15, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 56-Year-Old Hebei Man Dies in October 2021
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Jan. 15, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Chongqing Woman in Her 70s Dies in March 2021
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Jan. 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Shaanxi Women, 62 and 73, Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Jilin Women Sentenced to Prison for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Jan. 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHunan Man Sentenced to Two Years in Guangdong Province
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Jan. 14, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 59-Year-Old Woman Dies in 2019 After Being Incarcerated for Over Four Years and Having Her Pension Suspended
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Jan. 14, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 53-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman Dies in 2020 After Repeated Arrests
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Jan. 14, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Liaoning Man Dies in 2012 After Repeated Arrests and Torture
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Jan. 14, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Guizhou Man Dies in 2006, Two Years After Wife’s Passing
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Jan. 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 3, 2025 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionXianning City, Hubei Province: Three More Locals Now Confirmed to Be Jailed or Facing Prosecution for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 13, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 65-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies in 2011
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Jan. 13, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 41-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Dies in 2011
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Jan. 13, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 45-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies in 2019
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Jan. 13, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 73-Year-Old Hebei Man Dies in 2018
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in 2024: 164 Falun Gong Practitioners Die in the Persecution of Their Faith
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Wang Guanghui, Party Secretary and Chief Prosecutor of Yunnan Provincial Procuratorate, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution77-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies Weeks After Latest Harassment for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 79-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in 2003
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 53-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in 2010
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 62-Year-Old Shandong Woman Dies in 2015, Two Months After Husband’s Death
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 43-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in 2017
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Former Prison Guard Imprisoned for Practicing Falun Gong Dies in 2018
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionMother and Daughter Complete Wrongful Prison Terms to Find Themselves in Dire Financial Situation
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTonghua City, Jilin Province: Five Sentenced for Practicing Falun Gong, Including a Married Couple
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Jan. 12, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 70-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Jailed for 3.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 11, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 61-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in 2019
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Jan. 11, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 67-Year-Old Man Dies After Eight Arrests for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 11, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 61-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in 2019
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Jan. 11, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 83-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in 2008
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Jan. 11, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Sentenced by Shanxi Court
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Jan. 11, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to 15 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionStore Owner Convicted for Her Faith, Less Than a Year After Finishing Previous Wrongful Term
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Jan. 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTagged By the Internet Police, Two Jilin Residents Sentenced to Prison for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 10, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Gets 1.5 Years for Raising Awareness of Persecution of Falun Gong
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Jan. 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Married Couple Pass Away Nine Years Apart in the Persecution of Their Shared Faith
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Jan. 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Health Damaged During 2015 Detention, 50-Year-Old Former Radiologist Dies in 2019
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Jan. 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Hair Salon Owner Dies After Years of Harassment and Displacement
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Jan. 10, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] A Farmer Who Lost Half of Her Teeth from Being Force-Fed Forced to Live Away from Home
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman Recounts What She Experienced and Witnessed at Liaoning Province Women’s Prison
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman Joins List of Eleven Neighbors Wrongly Convicted for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Auditor Convicted for Raising Awareness About the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution53-Year-Old Hebei Woman Gets Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Zhang Anshun, Deputy Secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 62-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies in 2013
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 67-Year-Old Jiangxi Man Dies of Force-Feeding in 2001
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Once Brutally Tortured in Prison, 82-Year-Old Man Dies in 2018
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 62-Year-Old Shandong Man Dies in 2015
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Jan. 9, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Released from Prison in Critical Condition, Henan Man Dies Shortly After
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Wang Shujiang, President of the Sichuan Provincial High People’s Court, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 67-Year-Old Retired Steel Company Employee Passes Away in 2019
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Heilongjiang Man Dies Two Years After Serving a Four-Year Term
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 77-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Dies in 2019 After Years of Harassment and Intimidation
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Heilongjiang Woman Dies Three Months After Latest Arrest for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Former Oil Production Plant Manager Dies in 2020
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Jilin Woman Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Women Tortured While Serving Time for Her Faith
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFive-Year-Old Begs Police Not to Arrest Daddy – Father Remains in Detention and Stands Trial for Supporting Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLuzhou City, Sichuan Province: At Least 11 Residents in Same District Harassed in Recent Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Salon Owner Arrested Again After Two Year Imprisonment for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 4, 2025 (5 Reports)
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Electrical Designer Secretly Sentenced to 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Subjected to Torture in Prison
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Zhang Qingwei, Vice-Chairman of the CCP’s Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Released from Detention Center on the Verge of Death, Hebei Woman Dies Three Years Later
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Incapacitated Hebei Man Dies in 2012
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] Traumatized by Torture in Custody, 48-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Dies in 2009
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] After Serving Two Labor Camp Terms, 64-Year-Old Beijing Woman Dies in 2018
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution[Newly Translated Older Death Case] 70-Year-Old Henan Man Dies Three Months After Latest Arrest
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFujian Woman Stands Trial for Her Faith, Having Previously Served 4 Prison Sentences Totaling 17.5 Years
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Jan. 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – December 27, 2024 (12 Reports)
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Jan. 6, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHusband and Wife Die Six Months Apart in the Persecution of Falun Gong
