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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June 23, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution37-year-old Hebei Man Secretly Sentenced to Second Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 23, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionFujian Woman Sentenced a Fourth Time for Practicing Falun Gong, Ordered to Return Pension Benefits Issued During Three Prior Prison Terms
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June 23, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBeijing Resident Faces Prison Sentence for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 22, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionJieyang City, Guangdong Province: Five Falun Gong Practitioners and Four Family Members Arrested in One Day
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June 22, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAnlu City, Hubei Province: Rural Doctor Latest to Be Held in Brainwashing Center for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 21, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Man Gets 7 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Bedridden Wife Dies Ten Days Following His Arrest
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June 21, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBaoding City, Hebei Province: Five Falun Gong Practitioners Detained for Two Months and Counting
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June 21, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman Seized in Group Arrest for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 21, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Woman Harassed for Her Faith in Falun Gong Just Prior to Scheduled Trip to the U.S. to Attend Daughter’s Graduation
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June 20, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Elderly Women in Hunan Province Sentenced to Up to Five Years in Prison
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June 20, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution71-Year-Old Kindergarten Owner Secretly Sentenced to One Year for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 20, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman Faces Ongoing Harassment from Authorities While Serving One-Year Term Outside of Prison
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June 20, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for One Year and Two Months, Shandong Woman Faces Prosecution Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Woman Incarcerated for Eight Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionThree Elderly Women Arrested for Their Faith in Falun Gong, Two Still in Detention, Including an 84-Year-Old
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June 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Hebei Grandmother Jailed in Beijing for Two Years
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June 19, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 12, 2024 (13 Reports)
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June 18, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution64-Year-Old Beijing Woman Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionKunming City, Yunnan Province: Eight Women Over 60 Years Old Arrested
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June 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Court Attempts to Take Woman Back Into Custody to Finish Her 7-Month Prison Term
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June 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Jilin Woman Served One-year Labor Camp Term in 2000-2001 For Practicing Falun Gong
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June 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 10, 2024 (10 Reports)
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June 18, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 13, 2024 (7 Reports)
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June 17, 2024 | Confirmed Death CasesBelated News: 63-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Tortured to Death While Serving 7.5 Years for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Previously Served Two Prison Sentences Totaling 9.5 Years, 56-Year-Old Shanghai Man Arrested Again for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Zhejiang Woman Repeatedly Held in Brainwashing Centers for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionFormer Nurse Given Third Prison Sentence After 11th Arrest for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 17, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 2, 2024 (7 Reports)
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June 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHebei Woman Jailed One Year in Shanxi Province for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 16, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionShulan City, Jilin Province: More than 35 Arrested in One Day for Their Faith in Falun Gong, at Least 12 Still in Detention
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June 15, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution69-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Admitted to Prison After Losing Appeal Against One-Year Prison Sentence
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June 15, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution51-Year-Old Jilin Woman Secretly Sentenced to 4 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 15, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 29, 2024 (11 Reports)
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June 14, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in May 2024: 71 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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June 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Nearly Three Years of Prior Incarceration, Liaoning Man Gets Another 4.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 14, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 6, 2024 (9 Reports)
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June 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionCrimes Against Falun Gong Practitioners Held in Maximum Security Division of Hunan Province Women’s Prison
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June 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 12 Years Behind Bars for Practicing Falun Gong, 74-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Stands Trial Again for Her Faith
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June 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 3 Years, Former College Lecturer Gets Another 5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 7, 2024 (14 Reports)
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June 13, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 8, 2024 (11 Reports)
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June 12, 2024 | Overview and Summary ReportsReported in April and May 2024: 24 Falun Gong Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
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June 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionCCP Prosecutor Alleges Falun Gong Practitioners Use “Thoughts” to Undermine Law Enforcement
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June 12, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution70-Year-Old Beijing Woman Jailed for 1.5 Years, After Serving Three Prior Forced Labor Terms Totaling 6.5 Years for Her Faith
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June 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 27, 2024 (12 Reports)
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June 12, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 5, 2024 (10 Reports)
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June 11, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution78-Year-Old Chongqing Woman Sentenced to One Year and 4 Months for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 11, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution75-Year-Old Man Not Recognizable After Being Force-Fed and Beaten
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June 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 3, 2024 (7 Reports)
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June 11, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 4, 2024 (16 Reports)
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June 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAnhui Engineer Given Second Prison Term After Five Years of Prior Incarceration for His Faith in Falun Gong
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June 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHuaihua, Hunan Province: Five Practitioners Arrested and Four Harassed in September and October 2023, Three Prosecuted
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June 10, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 25, 2024 (11 Reports)
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June 9, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Eleven Years Behind Bars for Practicing Falun Gong, Retired Accountant Secretly Sentenced to Prison and Now Appealing the Wrongful Conviction
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June 9, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution59-Year-Old Jiangxi Woman Secretly Sentenced to 3.5 Years, Having Previously Been Incarcerated 3 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 8, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution77-Year-Old Man’s Pension Suspended for Almost 11 Years, Still No Hope of Reinstatement in Sight
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June 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionPolice Violently Grab 77-Year-Old Woman’s Hand to Press Her Fingerprints on Her Case File
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June 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionRetired Auditor Still Detained After She and Her Mother-in-law are Arrested for Telling People About the Persecution of Falun Gong
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June 8, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – June 1, 2024 (10 Reports)
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June 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: Hebei Woman Dies in January 2023 After Years of Persecution for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 7, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesBelated News: 80-Year-Old Woman Released on Parole in Critical Condition, Dies Three Months Later
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June 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionBelated News: 77-Year-Old Beijing Woman Dies After Years of Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Facing Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 30, 2024 (12 Reports)
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June 7, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 31, 2024 (13 Reports)
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June 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionSeverely Disabled Woman Taken Back Into Custody to Serve a 15-Year Sentence, Including 14 Years She Already Served Outside of Prison Per Court Order
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June 6, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution60-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Paralyzed After Stroke, Tried at Home for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionJailed College Professor Denied Family Visits for Holding Firm to Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 26, 2024 (11 Reports)
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June 6, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 28, 2024 (7 Reports)
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June 5, 2024 | Imprisonment & Forced LaborInner Mongolia First Women’s Prison Continues to Persecute Falun Gong Practitioners after Recent Reorganization
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June 5, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution63-Year-Old Guangdong Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for Seeking Reinstatement of Suspended Pension
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June 5, 2024 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Hebei Woman Taken Back Into Custody to Serve Second Prison Term After Being Sentenced in 2021 While Still Bedridden
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June 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHeilongjiang Woman in Her 60s Suffers Health Decline While Serving Three Years for Her Faith
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June 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 24, 2024 (12 Reports)
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June 5, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 20, 2024 (7 Reports)
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June 4, 2024 | Torture of Women91-Year-Old Woman Exemplifies Falun Dafa’s Extraordinariness Despite Torture, Including Being Scalded with Boiling Water
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June 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionNewly Obtained Information About Heilongjiang Woman’s Past Persecution for Practicing Falun Gong
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June 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionCollege Student Detained and Threatened with Expulsion, Her Father Implicated and Still in Detention
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June 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 22, 2024 (10 Reports)
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June 4, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 23, 2024 (10 Reports)
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June 3, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesGuangdong Architect Dies at 60 After Repeated Police Harassment for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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June 3, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesSon Dies in 2018 After Suffering Mental Illness in Prison, Mother Passes Away in 2024 After Police Harass Her for Seeking Justice for Him
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June 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionTianjin Woman Sentenced to 3 Years After Ordering a Cake with the Words “Celebrating May 13th World Falun Dafa Day”
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June 3, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 21, 2024 (16 Reports)
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June 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Been Jailed for Nine Years and Widowed in the Persecution of Falun Gong, 78-Year-Old Gansu Man Gets Nearly Four More Years
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June 2, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan High Court Agrees to Hear Former Middle School Teacher’s Motion to Reconsider Her Already-Served Second Prison Sentence
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June 1, 2024 | Reports of Death CasesPersecution of Falun Gong Claims Married Couple’s Lives Six Years Apart, Husband Once Shot by Police and Jailed for 14 Years
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June 1, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionYunnan Man Loses Appeal Against 3.5-Year Prison Sentence, Wife Files Complaints Against Prosecutor and Judge for Wrongly Indicting and Sentencing Him
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May 31, 2024 | Torture of WomenAfter Nearly a Decade Behind Bars for Practicing Falun Gong, 63-Year-Old Jilin Woman Gets Second 5-Year Prison Term
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May 31, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 17, 2024 (7 Reports)
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May 30, 2024 | Persecution Outside ChinaStudent in Sino-French Dual Degree Program Introduces Falun Dafa in France—Parents in China Intimidated
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May 30, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 14 Years Behind Bars for Practicing Falun Gong, Tianjin Man in His 50s Gets Another Six Years and Has Appeal Rejected
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May 30, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Been Jailed for 7 Years and Widowed in Persecution of Falun Gong, Heilongjiang Woman Stands Trial Again for Her Faith
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May 29, 2024 | Torture of WomenJilin Woman Recounts Nine Years of Incarceration and Torture for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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May 29, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter 8+ Years of Prior Incarcerations, Beijing Hairdresser Gets Another 2 Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Husband Dies During Her Detention
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May 29, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 16, 2024 (13 Reports)
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May 29, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAfter Over 11 Years Behind Bars, 64-Year-Old Jiangsu Woman Is Detained Again for Her Faith in Falun Gong
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May 29, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 18, 2024 (16 Reports)
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May 28, 2024 | Accounts of PersecutionLaizhou City, Shandong Province: Seven Sentenced to Up to 8 Years for Practicing Falun Gong