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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Jan. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionInner Mongolia Man Secretly Sentenced to Prison for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Woman Gets One Year for Practicing Falun Gong, Previously Jailed for 8 Years
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Jan. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTangshan, Hebei Province: Seven Facing Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 30, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 11, 2026 (15 Reports)
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Jan. 29, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionMute and Emaciated, 74-Year-Old Man Dies 20 Days After Prison Release
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Jan. 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Imprisoned for Her Faith, Grief-stricken Husband and Mother Pass Away
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Jan. 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Sentenced to Four Years, Hebei Teacher Faces Prosecution for His Faith
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Jan. 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHarbin, Heilongjiang Province: More Than 10 Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong, Four Face Indictment
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Jan. 29, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution74-Year-Old Woman Faces Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 29, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Given Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionArrested in a Police Sweep, 11 Ningxia Residents Face Prosecution for Their Faith
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Jan. 28, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: 92-Year-Old Jiangxi Man Dies in 2024 After Decades of Persecution for His Faith
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Jan. 28, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Former Journalist Has Pension Suspended for 4 Years and Counting Because of Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 28, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 17, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Jan. 27, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCCP Officials and Regular Chinese Citizens Receive Karmic Retribution for Taking Part in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDisabled 76-Year-Old Woman Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMother and Son Sentenced to Six Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Man Sentenced to Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 27, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 15, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Jan. 26, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionHebei Veteran Dies in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Jan. 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Tried for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 26, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 14, 2026 (14 Reports)
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Jan. 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer College Lecturer Develops Severe Medical Condition While Serving Five Years for Her Faith
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Jan. 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 12, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 25, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 13, 2026 (10 Reports)
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Jan. 25, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Huo Min, Party Secretary and President of the Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 24, 2026 | CCP PropagandaFalse Fire: Witnesses Expose the CCP’s 25-Year-Long Hate Propaganda
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Jan. 24, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Hebei Woman Faces Indictment for Her Faith, Family Defender Barred from Reviewing Case File
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Jan. 24, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution63-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Gets 1.5 Years for Her Faith, Brother Detained for 10 Days for Seeking Justice for Her
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Jan. 24, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 3, 2026 (9 Reports)
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Jan. 23, 2026 | Torture of WomenFalun Gong Practitioner Recounts Abuse She Experienced at the Yunnan Province Second Women’s Prison
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Jan. 23, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionBelated News: Liaoning Man Incarcerated for 13.5 Years for His Faith, Dies from Bowel Cancer Years Later
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Jan. 22, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in 2025: 124 Falun Gong Practitioners Die in the Persecution of Their Faith
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Jan. 22, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution81-Year-Old Woman Dies in the Persecution of Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 8 Years Behind Bars, 62-Year-Old Henan Man Imprisoned Again to Serve Another 8 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 22, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution66-Year-Old Shandong Woman Sentenced to Two Years and Four Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 10, 2026 (13 Reports)
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Jan. 21, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution84-Year-Old Widowed Elementary School Teacher Dies in the Persecution of Falun Gong
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Jan. 21, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Yunnan Man Hospitalized While Detained for His Faith, Previously Jailed a Total of 8.5 Years
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Jan. 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 9, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 20, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of He Hengyang, Former President of Chongqing City Procuratorate, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 20, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionRetired College Professor Dies at 88 While Facing Trial for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 20, 2026 | Deaths Due To Persecution64-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Dies on New Year’s Day 2026, Harassed by Police in Last Three Months of Her Life
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Jan. 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Woman Given Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 19, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsThe Persecution of Elderly Falun Gong Practitioners
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Jan. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Arrested a Fifth Time for Practicing Falun Gong, Previously Incarcerated Four Years
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Jan. 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 8, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Jan. 18, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Li Wei, Secretary of the Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDetails of the Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners in Jilin Province Women’s Prison
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Jan. 18, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 7, 2026 (11 Reports)
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Jan. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionCrimes of Liu Yongzhi, Party Secretary and Procurator-General of the Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Procuratorate, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Man Loses Appeal of 4.5-Year Prison Sentence, Wife is Serving 3 Years – Both for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 3.5 Years, 48-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Gets Over 3 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 17, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – December 29, 2025 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 16, 2026 | Persecution Outside ChinaFalun Dafa Association Condemns the CCP’s Transnational Repression Prior to Canadian Prime Minister’s Trip to China
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Jan. 16, 2026 | Torture of WomenAfter Two Prior Prison Sentences Totaling 7 Years, Shandong Woman Gets Another 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 7.5 Years of Prior Incarceration, 70-Year-old Sichuan Woman Sentenced to Nearly Three Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 16, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Yunnan Man Gets Another 5 Years After 3 Prior Prison Sentences Totaling 15 Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News From China – January 5, 2026 (6 Reports)
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Jan. 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 6, 2026 (4 Reports)
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Jan. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Province No. 2 Women’s Prison Abuses Practitioners and Criminal Inmates
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Jan. 15, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution67-Year-Old Jilin Woman Given Second 3-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Physician Still Facing Surveillance and Harassment After Serving 18 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Man Jailed for His Faith Has Family Visitation Rights Revoked for Three Months After Being Placed in Solitary Confinement
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Jan. 15, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 1, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 14, 2026 | Overview and Summary Reports12 Ways the CCP Deprives Falun Gong Practitioners of Their Basic Rights
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Jan. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 5 Years, Heilongjiang Man Gets Another 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHenan Woman Jailed to Serve a Term Given Five Years Ago for Her Faith
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Jan. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionPreviously Incarcerated for Over Six Years, Former Pharmacist, 57, Detained Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – December 30, 2025 (10 Reports)
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Jan. 14, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – December 31, 2025 (13 Reports)
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Jan. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Elderly Hunan Women Face Indictment for Their Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionElderly Woman’s Pension Suspended Because She Practices Falun Gong
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Jan. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionXianning City, Hubei Province: At Least 15 Falun Gong Practitioners Still Detained for Their Faith
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Jan. 13, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionGuangdong Couple Sentenced to Prison on Fabricated Evidence
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Jan. 12, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in 2025: 4,803 Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested or Harassed for Their Faith
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Jan. 12, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution76-Year-Old Woman Given Second Prison Term for Her Faith, Days After Incapacitated Husband Dies
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Jan. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Shandong Residents Admitted to Prison After Losing Appeals Against Wrongful Convictions for Their Faith
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Jan. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Elderly Women Arrested for Their Faith, Two Previously Jailed
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Jan. 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 4, 2026 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 11, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Jin Lei, Former Secretary of Sichuan Provincial PLAC, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 11, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Yang Zengsheng, CCP Secretary and Director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Justice, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – December 27, 2025 (8 Reports)
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Jan. 11, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – January 2, 2026 (7 Reports)
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Jan. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionCrimes of Yuan Gujie, Secretary of Guangdong Provincial PLAC, in Persecuting Falun Gong
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Jan. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Police Threaten to Get 84-Year-Old Woman Indicted for Telling People “Falun Dafa Is Good”
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Jan. 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – December 20, 2025 (10 Reports)
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Jan. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 9+ Years of Prior Incarceration, 59-Year-Old Jilin Native Is Jailed Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution81-Year-Old Heilongjiang Man’s Pension Still Suspended 4 Years After He Completed a 12-Year Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 7 Years, Inner Mongolia Woman Gets Another 2 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 11 Years of Prior Incarceration, Chongqing Man Gets Nearly 4 Years for His Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 5 Years, Henan Woman Gets Another 4.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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Jan. 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAppeals Court in Liaoning Rules Against Falun Gong Practitioner Without Holding a Hearing, Her Whereabouts Unknown
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Jan. 8, 2026 | Physical Torture Methods32-Year-Old Henan Man Completes 2-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong, Recounts Abuse in Custody
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Jan. 8, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Cancer-Stricken Woman in Serious Condition But Denied Medical Parole While Imprisoned for Her Faith
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Jan. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Man Sentenced to Nearly Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDongning City, Heilongjiang Province: Four Residents Tried for Practicing Falun Gong
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Jan. 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Been Incarcerated for Nearly 9 Years, Liaoning Woman Faces Prison Sentence for Her Faith Again
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Jan. 7, 2026 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in 2025: 751 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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Jan. 7, 2026 | Perpetrators Involved in Persecution of Falun GongCrimes of Guo Wenfang and Jiang Aidong, Directors of Community Correction Administration, in Persecuting Falun Gong
