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. 4, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionMany Falun Gong Practitioners Involved with the oGate Software Arrested in China
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Aug. 4, 2022 | Reports of Death CasesLiaoning Man Dies from Possible Torture While Serving Ten Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Aug. 4, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHenan Woman Struggles with Derangement and Nightmares After Prison Release, Dies Years Later
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Aug. 3, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China - July 13, 2022 (21 Reports)
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Aug. 3, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 24, 2022 (26 Reports)
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Aug. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Man in Serious Condition Serving Time in Same Prison Where Brother Tortured to Death
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Aug. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTargeted for Her Faith Since 19, Jilin Woman Sentenced Again to Prison
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Aug. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 20, 2022 (19 Reports)
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Aug. 2, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 22, 2022 (17 Reports)
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Aug. 1, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Serving Time for His Faith in Critical Condition
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Aug. 1, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Man Harassed Hours After Serving Wrongful Prison Term, Brother-in-law Arrested
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July 31, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Her Faith
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July 31, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionJiangsu Woman Develops Stomach Cancer While Serving Time for Her Faith
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July 31, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionNingxia Man Serving Ten Years Becomes Incapacitated in Prison
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July 31, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionBeaten by Police, Woman in Her 70s Sustains Multiple Fractures
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July 30, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution610 Office Agent Zhu Jiahui’s Crimes Against Steadfast Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Yunnan Province Residents Sentenced to Prison
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July 30, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAnhui Woman Held at Brainwashing Center for Eight Months for Upholding Her Faith
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July 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionThe Hidden Persecution Inside Lanzhou City Third Detention Center
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July 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Her Faith
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July 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 7, 2022 (21 Reports)
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July 29, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 18, 2022 (24 Reports)
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July 28, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution85-year-old Woman Faces Prison Time for Distributing Materials about Her Faith
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July 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Province: 82-year-old Woman and 60-year-old Woman Imprisoned For Their Faith in Falun Gong
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July 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 15, 2022 (26 Reports)
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July 28, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 19, 2022 (15 Reports)
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July 27, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution83-year-old Woman Taken Away for Physical Examination, Only to Be Secretly Sentenced to Two Years
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July 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Liaoning Residents Imprisoned for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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July 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionGuizhou Woman Detained for Three Months and Counting for Her Faith
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July 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHunan Man Held in Brainwashing Center Following Latest Arrest for His Faith
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July 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 4, 2022 (10 Reports)
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July 27, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 5, 2022 (14 Reports)
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July 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSalon Owner Sentenced to Prison, Husband Not Allowed to Visit Her
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July 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionCommunist Regime Prosecutor: “A Falun Gong Case Is More Severe Than Murder or Arson”
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July 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAiling 80-year-old Man’s Appeal Against Wrongful Sentence Rejected
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July 26, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested While Job Hunting, Former Teacher Secretly Tried Without Lawyer’s Knowledge
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July 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Province Prison Guard to Inmates: “Don’t Treat Falun Gong Practitioners as Human Beings”
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July 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionMan in His 70s Arrested and Taken to a Brainwashing Center
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July 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShaanxi Woman Becomes Incontinent One Month After Imprisonment
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July 25, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Woman Forced to Fingerprint a Statement Renouncing Falun Gong
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July 24, 2022 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongFormer Township Officials in Hebei Province Actively Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners Over the Years
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July 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Police Officer Becomes Second Out-of-Province Resident Given Heavy Sentence by a Henan Court for Online Activities
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July 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman Tortured in Custody, Deprived of Sleep for Six Nights
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July 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionQingdao City, Shandong Province: Three Locals Sentenced for Their Faith on 23rd Anniversary of Persecution
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July 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Secretly Sentenced to Prison for Her Faith
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July 24, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 11, 2022 (20 Reports)
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July 23, 2022 | Reports of Death CasesHebei Man Dies After 19 Years of Displacement Due to the Persecution of His Faith
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July 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Women, Aged 80 and 61, Lose Their Appeals against Wrongful Terms for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Man Force-Fed and in Serious Condition While Serving Eight Years for His Faith
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July 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Served Ten Years in Prison, Shandong Man Gets Another Eight Years
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July 23, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Man Sentenced to Six Years for His Faith, Tortured in Prison
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July 22, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWrongfully Suspended Pension Reinstated with Guangdong Woman’s Tireless Efforts to Seek Justice
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July 22, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionGrandson Points a Knife at Grandparents, Threatens Them to Give Up Their Spiritual Belief
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July 22, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFour Hebei Residents Face Prosecution for Their Faith
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July 22, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAuthorities Installed 12 Surveillance Cameras to Monitor Hebei Man Released After Seven Years in Prison
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July 22, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 10, 2022 (17 Reports)
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July 21, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFamily Tragedy: Father Dies, Mother Sentenced, Son Tortured and Daughter Forced into Displacement
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July 21, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Couple’s Appeal Rejected, Remain Incarcerated for Their Beliefs
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July 21, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionDaqing City: Heilongjiang Province: 14 Falun Gong Practitioners, Including a 98-year-old Woman, Arrested in One Day
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July 21, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Served Ten Years in Prison, Sichuan Woman Gets Another Five Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 21, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 6, 2022 (14 Reports)
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July 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionBus Driver’s Prison Term Extended by One Year Because She Refused to Renounce Falun Gong
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July 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Man Imprisoned Twice for 17.5 Years for Upholding His Faith
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July 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Accountant Sentenced to Four Years for Her Faith
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July 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolia Woman Arrested Following Two Years of Displacement
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July 20, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 27, 2022 (9 Reports)
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July 19, 2022 | Torture of WomenNearly Dead After Years of Torture, Inner Mongolia Woman Now Has Her Pension Suspended
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July 19, 2022 | Torture of WomenLiaoning Woman Brutally Tortured for Five Years in Prison for Her Faith
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July 19, 2022 | Torture of WomenJilin Woman Tortured During Ten-month Prison Term for Distributing Information about Her Faith
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July 19, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Woman Sentenced, Bedridden Mother Faces Lack of Care
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July 19, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 28, 2022 (15 Reports)
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July 19, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 8, 2022 (14 Reports)
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July 18, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Province: At Least 36 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Two Days
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July 18, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman Twice Imprisoned for Nine Years for Her Faith
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July 18, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSixty-six-year-old Woman Receives 3.5 Years for Raising Awareness about the Persecution of Her Faith
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July 18, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Man Gets Three Years for Upholding the Faith That Made His Incurable Eye Condition Go Away
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July 17, 2022 | Reports of Death CasesSichuan Woman Dies in Custody Ten Months after Being Arrested for Her Faith
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July 17, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionThe Crimes of Fan Qingping, Manager in Hebei Women’s Prison
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July 17, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Wins Appeal Over Suspended Pension for Her Faith
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July 17, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAiling Woman Given Three Year Prison Term for Talking to People about Falun Gong
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July 17, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo-year-old Boy Interrogated for Grandmother’s Spiritual Belief
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July 16, 2022 | Organ HarvestingSwedish MP: Let’s Stop the Chinese Communist Party’s Forced Organ Harvesting Together
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July 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSuining City, Sichuan Province: 57 Falun Gong Arrested or Harassed in the First Half of 2022
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July 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionCouple in Their 80s Put on Probation for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionDaughter of Falun Gong Practitioner Finally Allowed to See Her After Filing Complaints against Detention Center
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July 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Couple Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Falun Gong Materials
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July 16, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSenior Information Engineer Pleads Not Guilty for Distributing Falun Gong Materials
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July 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionA Letter to Seek Justice Leads to 3.5-Year Prison Sentence
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July 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Woman Tortured in Custody, Faces Prosecution for Her Faith
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July 15, 2022 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Seeking Justice Over Wrongfully Suspended Pension
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July 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Member of the Chinese Communist Party Persecuted for His Faith in Falun Gong
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July 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Woman Gets 4.5 Years for Talking to People about Her Faith
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July 15, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 2, 2022 (16 Reports)
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July 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter a Decade of Displacement, Shandong Man Secretly Sentenced to 11 Years
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July 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionElderly Woman Passes Away After Her Daughter’s Two Recent Arrests and Prison Sentence
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July 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Shanxi Residents Sentenced in One Day
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July 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Yunnan Residents, Including a Married Couple, Sentenced to Prison
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July 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionSeven Liaoning Residents Face Prison Sentences After Two Court Hearings
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July 14, 2022 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 24, 2022 (14 Reports)
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July 13, 2022 | Overview of persecutionReported in the First Half of 2022: 2,707 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith
