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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July 8, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in the First Half of 2025: 430 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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July 8, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Shandong Man Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Gets Third Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 8, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution47-Year-Old Guangdong Man Admitted to Prison After Losing Appeal Against Five-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Food Vendor Sentenced to Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 8, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 29, 2025 (3 Reports)
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July 7, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Becomes Incapacitated After Serving Four Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Resident Gets Two Years for Raising Awareness of Persecution of Falun Gong
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July 7, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution50-Year-Old Hubei Woman Jailed for Nine Months for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 26 2025 (5 Reports)
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July 7, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 27, 2024 (6 Reports)
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July 6, 2025 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in First Half of 2025: 76 Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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July 6, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Hubei Woman Tried for Practicing Falun Gong—Sent to Drug Rehabilitation Center to Await Verdict
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July 6, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 2, 2025 (4 Reports)
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July 5, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Woman Dies After Seven Years in Prison and Subsequent Harassment
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July 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Woman Faces Repeated Harassment After Serving 21 Years for Speaking Up for Her Faith
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July 5, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 28, 2025 (8 Reports)
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July 4, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution49-Year-Old Man Dies in Custody, Family Forced to Take 180,000 Yuan Compensation in Exchange for Their Silence
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July 4, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 25, 2025 (4 Reports)
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July 3, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution84-Year-Old Man to Serve a Three-Year Term Given in 2022
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July 3, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Beijing Woman Sentenced to 7.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 3, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Elderly Liaoning Residents Lose Appeal of Their Convictions for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 2, 2025 | Organ HarvestingKananaskis, Canada: Virtual Round Table on Forced Organ Harvesting Held During G7
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July 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Tortured for His Faith, Shandong Man Arrested Again
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July 2, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Taken to Prison to Serve a 3-Year Term Given in 2024
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July 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 23, 2025 (4 Reports)
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July 2, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 24, 2025 (10 Reports)
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July 1, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution55-Year-Old Hebei Man Admitted to Prison to Serve 3-Year Term, Previously Jailed 12 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Heilongjiang Residents Jailed for Practicing Falun Gong, Despite Previous Court Orders to Serve Time at Home
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July 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionPingdu City, Shandong Province: Two Elderly Women Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Elderly Jilin Woman Jailed 1.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 1, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 22, 2025 (10 Reports)
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June 30, 2025 | Organ HarvestingCanada: Former Member of Parliament Condemns the CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting
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June 30, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution49-Year-Old Jiangxi Man Repeatedly Put in Solitary Confinement and Abused While Serving 4th Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 30, 2025 | Deaths Due To Persecution74-Year-Old Gansu Woman Dies After Years of Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 30, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 76-Year-Old Jilin Woman Released on Parole Unconscious, Dies Four Days Later
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June 29, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Woman Abused in Prison; Ailing Husband Dies in Agony
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June 29, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Couple Get Heavier Prison Sentences Than Previously Reported, Joining Long List of Locals Jailed for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 29, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested Less Than One Year After a Wrongful Prison Term, Heilongjiang Woman Suffers Stroke in Custody and Faces Trial
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June 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Arborist Develops Mental Disorder During Wrongful Detention, Dies Months Later
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June 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHenan Woman Dies After Years of Detention and Harassment for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 28, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Denied Family Visits While Serving 4th Prison Sentence
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June 28, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 20, 2025 (6 Reports)
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June 27, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 21, 2025 (3 Reports)
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June 26, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution51-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Admitted to Prison After Losing Appeal of 4-Year Sentence
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June 26, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution44-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Seeking to Overturn Husband’s 4-Year Prison Term
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June 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Hunan Residents Sentenced for Practicing Falun Gong, Barred from Appealing Wrongful Convictions
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June 26, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 19, 2025 (4 Reports)
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June 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionSentenced in 2022 for Practicing Falun Gong, 85-Year-Old Woman Starts Serving Time in June 2025, 90-Year-Old Husband to Be Detained Days Later
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June 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 17, 2025 (7 Reports)
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June 25, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 18, 2025 (8 Reports)
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June 24, 2025 | Imprisonment & Forced LaborHow Jidong Prison in Hebei Province Persecutes Male Falun Gong Practitioners
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June 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBlind Man, 82, and His Wife, 85, Imprisoned for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAt Least 13 Falun Gong Practitioners Still Held at Dezhou City Detention Center in Shandong Province
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June 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHusband Sentenced to 5 Years, Wife Arrested Less Than Two Months Later for Seeking Justice for Him
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June 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 14, 2025 (4 Reports)
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June 24, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 16, 2025 (8 Reports)
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June 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFor Refusing to Give Up Falun Gong, Husband Facing Indictment, Ill Wife Interrogated at Home
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June 23, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Farmer Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 23, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution58-Year-Old Hebei Woman Appealing 9-Year Prison Sentence for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 23, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 13, 2025 (8 Reports)
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June 22, 2025 | Organ HarvestingMinghui Report: Falun Gong Practitioners Systematically Murdered in China for Their Organs
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June 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 9.5 Years of Prior Incarceration, 71-Year-Old Woman Gets Another Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 22, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 15, 2025 (9 Reports)
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June 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHealthy Man Dies While Being Held in Psychiatric Hospital for His Faith
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June 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 1.5 Years, Liaoning Woman Sentenced to Prison Again for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Files Motion to Reconsider Case After Losing Appeal Against 4-Year Prison Sentence
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June 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Shandong Couple Sentenced to 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 21, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 12, 2025 (4 Reports)
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June 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLockup Guard Told Falun Gong Practitioners They Should “Donate” Their Organs
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June 20, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionRetired Elementary School Teacher, a Different Person After 3.5 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment, Dies Six Years Later
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June 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 10, 2025 (6 Reports)
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June 20, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 11, 2025 (7 Reports)
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June 19, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Shanxi Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Being Relentlessly Tortured in Prison, Jilin Woman Faces Prosecution Again for Her Faith
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June 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLatest Persecution of 80-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Makes Second Court Appearance for Seeking Justice for Imprisoned Husband
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June 19, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 9, 2025 (5 Reports)
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June 18, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution83-Year-Old Woman Taken Back Into Custody, Likely to Serve a 1.5-Year Term Given in 2021
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June 18, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 7, 2025 (13 Reports)
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June 18, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 8, 2025 (3 Reports)
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June 17, 2025 | Organ HarvestingTokyo, Japan: Organ Transplantation Japan-Taiwan Symposium Exposes Forced Organ Harvesting in China
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June 17, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHigh School Teacher Dies After Years of Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong, Suspended Pay Amounts to Over 1 Million Yuan
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June 17, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 77-Year-Old Hebei Woman Dies in Persecution of Falun Gong
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June 17, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJinzhou City, Liaoning Province: 36 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested in Two Days
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June 17, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 5, 2025 (7 Reports)
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June 16, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Police Supervisor Still Fighting to Be Exonerated 3.5 Years After Serving a One-Year Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 16, 2025 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Yunnan Woman Dies Seven Months After Serving Three Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 16, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionTwice Jailed for a Total of 10 Years, Elderly Shandong Man Gets Another 5.5 Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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June 16, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionSurvivor of Toxic Drug Injection and Torture 21 Years Ago Is Again Arrested and Sentenced
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June 15, 2025 | Torture of WomenThe Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Guizhou Province First Women’s Prison
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June 15, 2025 | Deaths Due To PersecutionLiaoning Woman Dies Several Years After Serving a Three-Year Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 15, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 6, 2025 (5 Reports)
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June 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAppeals Judge Rules Against Liaoning Woman Without Holding an Open Hearing, Sued by Family Defender
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June 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionJieyang City, Guangdong Province: Three Family Members and Two Others Sentenced to Up to 6 Years
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June 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Detained for More Than a Month for Requesting to Be Removed from the CCP’s Wanted List
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June 14, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 4, 2025 (12 Reports)
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June 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionFirst Targeted in 2003, Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced to Eight Years Over Two Decades Later
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June 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionBlind in One Eye, 72-Year-Old Woman Serving 8 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong, Previous Abuse Drove Her to Mental Disorder
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June 13, 2025 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 3, 2025 (3 Reports)
