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 29, 2026 | BrainwashingAnlu City, Hubei Province: 25 Years of Brainwashing Sessions Targeting Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 10, 2026 (11 Reports)
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionNew Details About Liaoning Woman’s Latest Arrest and Past Persecution
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Sentenced to Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Man Detained in Hubei Province for More Than Two Months
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July 28, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution62-Year-Old Former Hospital Director Stands Trial Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution81-Year-Old Liaoning Woman’s Pension Still Suspended Since April 2016 Despite Her Repeated Appeals and Lawsuit
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution85-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Serving Third Prison Term, Only One of Her Children Allowed To Visit Her
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution56-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Trial, Daughter Detained for 10 Days for Seeking Her Release
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July 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 15, 2026 (10 Reports)
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July 26, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Man in Serious Condition While Detained for His Faith, Family Demands Immediate Release
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July 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionCourt Dismisses Social Security Center’s Lawsuit Against Hebei Woman for “Pension Debt”
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July 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 14, 2026 (10 Reports)
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July 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution84-Year-Old Woman Dies in Prison, Nine Months After Being Admitted Despite Poor Health
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July 25, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Dies Less Than Two Years After Completing a One-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJailed for His Faith, 94-Year-Old Incapacitated Man Abused and Not Allowed to Talk to Anyone
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July 24, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Woman Seeks State Compensation for Decades of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 13, 2026 (20 Reports)
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July 24, 2026 | Torture of Women63-Year-Old Hebei Woman Detained for One Month and Counting, Previously Arrested Repeatedly for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionUpdates on Joint Trial of Four Falun Gong Practitioners in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province
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July 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 23, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution51-Year-Old Qinghai Woman Abused While Serving Six Years Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 23, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Heilongjiang Residents Face Indictment Because They Practice Falun Gong
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July 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionA Beijing Court Repeatedly Attempts to Incarcerate a 67-Year-Old Woman to Serve a 2.5-Year Term Handed Down in 2021
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July 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 12, 2026 (2 Reports)
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July 21, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Imprisoned For 1.5 Years Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Guangdong Women Imprisoned For Practicing Falun Gong
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July 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Nurse Abused While Imprisoned Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolian Woman Faces Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOil Field Worker Sentenced to Six Months For Practicing Falun Gong
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July 20, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsThe Systematic Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Gongzhuling Prison
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July 20, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 68-Year-Old Hubei Man Dies in Prison, Less Than a Year After Admission to Serve Time for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information About Jiazhou Prison’s “Transformation Team” Targeting Jailed Falun Gong Practitioners
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July 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Woman Hospitalized for Stroke Two Months After Being Admitted to Prison To Serve a 2.5-Year Term for Her Faith
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July 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 9, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPreviously Incarcerated for 13 Years, 63-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Sentenced to 2 More Years and Being Abused in Prison
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July 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPolice Again Fail to Incarcerate 89-Year-Old Woman, Hold Her in a Hospital Instead
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July 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Stands Trial Over Ten Years After Her Arrest for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 8, 2026 (5 Reports)
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July 18, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution50-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced to 3.5 Years by a Jiangsu Court for Purchasing a Cell Phone to Send Two Text Messages
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July 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 7, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Couple Harassed by Authorities After Completing 4-Year Terms for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 17, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionNew Details Behind a Liaoning Woman’s Death Three Days After Prison Admission
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July 17, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution69-Year-Old Cancer-Stricken Woman Issued Three Critical Condition Notices in Six Months, Still Not Approved for Medical Parole
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July 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Four Anhui Residents Sentenced for Their Faith in November 2020, Including a Mother and Her Two Sons
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July 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 6, 2026 (14 Reports)
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July 16, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced to Third Prison Term Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionElementary School Teacher Faces Trial Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShaanxi Man, in His 60s, Secretly Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShaky Evidence Presented at Trial of 78-Year-Old Chongqing Man Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 5, 2026 (6 Reports)
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July 15, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Woman Ordered to Return 18 Years’ Pension Totaling 360k Yuan Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDongning City, Heilongjiang Province: Four Locals Lose Appeal of Wrongful Convictions for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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July 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 28, 2026 (14 Reports)
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July 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 1, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 14, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution73-Year-Old Cancer-Stricken Woman Imprisoned for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 14, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Sentenced to 22 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Woman Repeatedly Harassed Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionGansu Teacher Detained Since May 2026 for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 13, 2026 | Organ HarvestingGerman Lawmaker Urges Action to Stop Forced Organ Harvesting in China
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July 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionYueyang City, Hunan Province: 20 Locals Harassed Between March and June 2026 for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 13, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman Sentenced to Over 3 Years for Giving Out Bookmarks Printed With Falun Gong Messages
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July 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman in Her 80s Sentenced to Prison, Pension Suspended, for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman in Her 60s Sentenced to Over Five Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Pension Suspended Since August 2024
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July 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 4, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 12, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution88-Year-Old Woman with Dangerously High Blood Pressure Jailed to Serve a Prison Term Given in 2022 for Her Faith
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July 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPension Suspended Since May 2017, Retired Police Officer, 77, Relies on Fellow Practitioners for Food and Shelter
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July 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 2, 2026 (9 Reports)
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July 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – July 3, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLinyi City, Shandong Province: Three Locals Receive Up to 10 Years in Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Faces Indictment for His Faith, Denied Visits with His Lawyer and Mother
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July 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 30, 2026 (12 Reports)
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July 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Obstetrician Starved in Prison, Forced to Consume Food that Guards Dumped in Manure Pit
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July 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLuannan County, Hebei Province: Two Residents, 61 and 70, Sentenced for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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July 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested in a Police Sweep, 62-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Gets 7 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 29, 2026 (8 Reports)
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July 9, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution84-Year-Old Woman Admitted to Prison to Complete a 2.5-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAiling Liaoning Woman Admitted to Prison to Serve a 4-Year Term Given in 2020
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July 9, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution67-Year-Old Retired Teacher Sentenced to One Year for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHenan Physician Loses Appeal of 6-Year Prison Sentence Because She Practices Falun Gong
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July 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 27, 2026 (10 Reports)
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July 8, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution84-Year-Old Woman Serving Time for Her Faith Recounts Details of Arrest in Recent Letter to Family
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July 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Sentenced for Posting Calligraphy on Social Media, Court Refused to Provide a Copy of the Verdict
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July 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China - June 20, 2026 (8 Reports)
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July 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 21, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 7, 2026Cherishing a Once-in-a-Million Opportunity to Learn Falun Dafa
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July 7, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Shandong Woman Admitted to Prison Despite Late-stage Colon Cancer, Still Denied Medical Parole
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July 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Secretly Sentenced to Nearly Two Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 7, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Former Physician Faces Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Shandong Women Jailed After Losing Appeals Against Prison Sentences for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Threatened With Continued Detention After Serving 3.5 Years, Family Manages to Take Her Home on Day of Scheduled Release
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July 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTaking Up Falun Gong While Serving Life in Prison, Sichuan Man Upholds His Faith Despite Brutal Torture
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July 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 26, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution79-Year-Old Hebei Woman Constantly Harassed by Authorities for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution83-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Tianjin Woman Tortured During a 3.5-Year Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 24, 2026 (11 Reports)
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July 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 25, 2026 (7 Reports)
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July 4, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution82-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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July 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Arrested for Displaying “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Is Good” Stickers at Home
