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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RECENT ARTICLES
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March 19, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in January and February 2024: 310 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith
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March 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Shandong Men Wrongly Convicted for Practicing Falun Gong, Including a Former Air Force Director
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March 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Arrested, Husband Still Detained
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March 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 13, 2020 (8 Reports)
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March 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for Ten Years, 72-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Gets Another Four Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 18, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution54-Year-Old Former Teacher Admitted to Prison to Serve 7 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 8, 2024 (10 Reports)
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March 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 11, 2024 (9 Reports)
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March 17, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution46-Year-Old Jilin Woman Secretly Sentenced to 4 Years, Denied Family Visits in Prison for 5 Months and Counting
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March 17, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution80-Year-Old Shandong Woman to Stand Trial for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 6, 2024 (6 Reports)
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March 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 9, 2024 (8 Reports)
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March 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionWoman in Her 70s Gets Six Years for Filing a Complaint Against the Police for Holding Her Falun Gong Books and ID
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March 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGuiyang City, Guizhou Province: Three Falun Gong Practitioners, Including a Mother and a Son, Sentenced to Prison
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March 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionChangchun City, Jilin Province: Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to Prison
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March 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 2, 2024 (4 Reports)
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March 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 5, 2024 (9 Reports)
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March 15, 2024 | Reports of Death Cases75-Year-Old Retired Engineer Dies Six Months after Completing Third Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 15, 2024 | Reports of Death Cases69-Year-Old Woman Dies Four Months after Sustaining Severe Injuries During Police Chase for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Serving 4.5 Years for Raising Awareness of the Persecution of Her Faith
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March 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Woman Harassed Over the Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Faces Prosecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 1, 2024 (7 Reports)
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March 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 4, 2024 (12 Reports)
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March 14, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in February 2024: 56 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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March 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShanxi Woman Secretly Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan Man Imprisoned After Losing Appeal, Whereabouts Unknown
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March 13, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in February 2024: 10 Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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March 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionIn Those Unbearable Days (Part II)
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March 13, 2024 | Torture of Women74-Year-Old Legally Blind Woman Loses Appeal Over Third Prison Term for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 10 Years, Fast Food Worker Stands Trial Again for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – March 3, 2024 (7 Reports)
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March 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionIn Those Unbearable Days (Part I)
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March 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTargeted for Practicing Falun Gong, Three Shandong Residents Sentenced and Two Others Await Verdicts
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March 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Credit Manager Taken into Custody to Serve Prison Term Given in 2021, Now Held in Police Hospital
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March 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Facing Indictment for His Faith, Incapacitated Wife Dies 26 Days Following His Arrest
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March 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolia Woman Tortured to Near-death Multiple Times and Paralyzed for Refusing to Renounce Falun Gong
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March 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Incarcerated a Total of 11.5 Years, 73-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Stands Trial for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionSingle Mom Detained for 8 Months and Counting, Facing Trial for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 11, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution80-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Tried for Her Faith—Family Forced to Drop Non-lawyer Defender Prior to Hearing
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March 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 28, 2024 (9 Reports)
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March 10, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesBelated News: Retired Beijing Teacher Dies After Years of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 10, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Beijing Woman Arrested Two Times in Less Than Two Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Tea Farmer Loses Appeal Over Three-Year Prison Sentence for His Faith in Falun Gong
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March 10, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Jilin Woman Given Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Teacher Cleared of Prosecution for His Faith in November 2023, Still Fighting to Get His Middle School Teaching Job Back
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March 9, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShaanxi Woman in Her 80s Imprisoned for One Year in Jiangsu Province for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 9, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Woman Develops Severe Medical Conditions in Custody, Threatened with Prison Sentence for Not Pleading Guilty for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 9, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Once Incarcerated for 12.5 Years, Beijing Woman Gets Two More Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 9, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionJiangxi Man Loses Appeal Against 10-Month Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 8, 2024 | Torture of Women51-Year-Old Former Hospital Worker Brutally Tortured While Serving Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 8, 2024 | Confirmed Death CasesBelated News: Married Couple Die Less Than 100 Days Apart After Years of Persecution for Their Faith
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March 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for Their Faith, Married Couple Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 29, 2024 (7 Reports)
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March 7, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesLiaoning Woman Driven Insane after Year-long Detention, Dies Seven Years Later
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March 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionSichuan College Teacher Admitted to Prison After Being Barred from Appealing Her Wrongful Conviction
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March 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Court Sentences Three More Falun Gong Practitioners After Convicting 45 Practitioners in 2022-2023
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March 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 24, 2024 (9 Reports)
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March 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for Four Years, Shanxi Woman Gets Another Five Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 6, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution45-Year-Old Beijing Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Her Faith, Detention Location Unknown
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March 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionComputer Shop Owner Sentenced to Three Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 5, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution52-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Serving Third Prison Term for Her Faith Finally Allowed First Family Visit in 18 Months
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March 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionSame Appeals Court Upholds Wrongful Convictions of Two Brothers for Their Shared Faith in Falun Gong
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March 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Information on the Arrest and Prosecution of Heilongjiang Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Her Faith
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March 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 27, 2024 (6 Reports)
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March 4, 2024 | Reports of Death Cases62-Year-Old Tianjin Man Dies After Years of Displaced Living to Avoid Arrest (Belated news)
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March 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Woman Given Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Woman Secretly Sentenced to Four Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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March 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTargeted in a Group Arrest, Three Liaoning Residents Stand Trial for Their Faith
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March 3, 2024 | Torture of WomenFalun Gong Practitioners Tortured in Beijing Women’s Prison, Ms. Xu Na’s Whereabouts Unknown
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March 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Incarcerated for Five Years, Former Middle School Teacher Sentenced Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 26, 2024 (7 Reports)
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March 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Shaanxi Residents Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Information About Falun Gong
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March 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei Woman Sentenced for Distributing Falun Gong Materials in Jiangsu Province
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March 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 17, 2024 (9 Reports)
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March 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 20, 2024 (3 Reports)
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March 1, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesHebei Man Dies Four Years After Serving Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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March 1, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionGuizhou Man Serving Third Prison Term for His Faith in Critical Condition, Denied Visits with Family
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March 1, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Secretly Sentenced to One Year for Distributing Falun Gong Materials
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Feb. 29, 2024 | Reports of Death Cases86-Year-Old Man Dies While Serving 11.5 Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 29, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Hebei Man Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Pension Suspended
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Feb. 29, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Elderly Guizhou Women Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 29, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 25, 2024 (5 Reports)
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Feb. 28, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesBelated News: Jiangsu Man Dies in Custody Seven Months After His Arrest in February 2023
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Feb. 28, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution56-Year-Old Shanxi Woman Jailed After Losing Appeal Against 3.5-Year Prison Term
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Feb. 28, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 23, 2024 (6 Reports)
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Feb. 27, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShaanxi Woman Detained for Practicing Falun Gong, Two Siblings Arrested for Seeking Her Release
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Feb. 27, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Ningxia Woman Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 26, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Woman, Who Lost Right Foot Due to Toxic Injections in Detention, Faces Renewed Prosecution for Her Faith (Graphic Photos)
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Feb. 26, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Shandong Resident Sentenced to Two Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 26, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 21, 2024 (5 Reports)
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Feb. 26, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 22, 2024 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 25, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTwo Henan Residents Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Feb. 25, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Files Lawsuit Against Arresting Agency for Failing to Address Her Request to Reconsider Her Wrongful Detention
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Feb. 24, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution79-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Secretly Sentenced to Three Years for Telling People about Falun Gong
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Feb. 24, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionYilan County, Heilongjiang Province: Four Arrested Two Days Before Chinese New Year, Three Still Detained
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Feb. 24, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 11, 2024 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 24, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 19, 2024 (4 Reports)
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Feb. 23, 2024 | Torture of WomenOnce Jailed for 4 Years, 80-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Indictment for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Feb. 23, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – February 18, 2023 (9 Reports)