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Name: Du HongfangChinese Name: 杜洪芳Gender: FemaleAge: around 63City: JilinProvince: JilinOccupation: Factory workerDate of Death: July 23, 2025Date of Most Recent Arrest: July 2008Most Recent Place of Detention: Jilin Province Women’s Prison
A Jilin City, Jilin Province resident died on July 23, 2025, just one month after being harassed again for her faith in Falun Gong, a mind-body practice that has been persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party since July 1999.
Ms. Du Hongfang in her younger and healthy years
Ms. Du Hongfang after her prison release
Ms. Du Hongfang being fed a meal
Ms. Du Hongfang, born in 1962, took up Falun Gong on April 25, 1999. After the persecution began three months later, she held firm to her faith and was repeatedly arrested. She was given one year of forced labor in February 2000 and later had her term extended by more than nine months. After another arrest on June 18, 2002, she was given two years of forced labor.
Ms. Du was arrested yet again on March 14, 2007, with her husband Mr. Guo Yunqing and son Mr. Guo Fengren, both Falun Gong practitioners also. The elder Mr. Guo was later sentenced to 14 years in prison. Ms. Du and her son were released on bail, but she was arrested again in July 2008 and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Ms. Du was brutally tortured at the Jilin Province Women’s Prison. By the time she was released on July 3, 2016, she had become incapacitated. She had no feeling in her entire body and she suffered incontinence and had to wear diapers. She could not speak and drooled constantly. She was so weak that she shivered even during the hottest days of summer, under the cover of a heavy quilt. She needed to be fed every meal, which took a long time to finish.
Ms. Du’s husband was released ahead of time (exact date unknown). The couple faced continued persecution after that. The Social Security Bureau stopped Mr. Guo’s pension in June 2020 and Ms. Du’s one month later. Additionally, the couple had more than 100,000 yuan confiscated from their home during the arrest in 2007, which further worsened their financial predicament.
The local Yanjiang Street Police Station and street committee harassed the couple many times since May 2020. They had no other choice but to live away from home. The police harassed Ms. Du’s sister instead.
In June 2025, the street committee led the secretary of the Changyi District Political and Legal Affairs Committee to break into Ms. Du’s rental apartment (also in Jilin City). They attempted to make her and her husband renounce Falun Gong. The couple refused to comply, but the relentless persecution caused Ms. Du’s condition to suddenly deteriorate. She could no longer eat or drink. Days later she fell into critical condition and was rushed to the hospital.
After a few days of treatment, Ms. Du was discharged because her condition was deemed incurable. She relied on tube feeding in her final days and died on July 23, 2025.
See the related reports for details of the repeated persecution of Ms. Du, her husband, and their son, who had to drop out of school at around age 12 when his parents were in detention.
Related Reports:
Financial Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Province
Jilin Family Persecuted, Parents Lose Their Pensions
Ms. Du Hongfang's Life at Risk Due to Torture in Prison; Her Husband Given Fourteen Year Sentence
Facts about the Persecution of Guo Yunqin and His Family in Jilin City
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