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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May 24, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution34-Year-Old Shanxi Woman Sentenced to Over Three Years for Practicing Falun Gong, Mother Forced Into Displacement
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May 22, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionLiaoning Woman Jailed After Losing Appeal Against Wrongful Sentence for Her Faith
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May 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMother of Two Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 21, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution72-Year-Old Sichuan Woman Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 21, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 5, 2026 (15 Reports)
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May 20, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Cancer-Stricken Woman Repeatedly Denied Medical Parole While Serving Wrongful Term for Her Faith
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May 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Been Incarcerated Twice for Ten Years, Jilin Man Secretly Sentenced to Another Six Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 20, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – May 1, 2026 (11 Reports)
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May 19, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionOnce Jailed for 7 Years, 63-Year-Old Hunan Woman Gets 3.5 Years for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 18, 2026 | Organ HarvestingCECC Hearing Spotlights CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting of Prisoners of Conscience
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May 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionShandong Man Secretly Sentenced to One Year for Texting Friend “Falun Dafa Is Good”
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May 16, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHubei University of Science and Technology Participates in Persecuting Falun Gong
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May 14, 2026 | Deaths Due To PersecutionAfter Over 15 Years of Torture and Force-Feedings While Incarcerated, 60-Year-Old Woman Dies Four Years After Serving Latest Term
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May 12, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionReported in April 2026: 46 Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced for Their Faith
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May 10, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 23, 2025 (12 Reports)
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May 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionHaving Served Three Labor Camp Terms and One Prison Term, Liaoning Man Faces Prosecution Again for His Faith in Falun Gong
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May 9, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 22, 2026 (14 Reports)
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May 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionFushun City, Liaoning Province: Ten Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to 4.5 to 7 Years in Prison
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May 8, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution64-Year-Old Heilongjiang Woman Completes 14-Year Prison Term for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 8, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJilin Woman's Health Declines After 5.5 Years of Incarceration and Torture
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May 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionDisplaced 63-Year-Old Retired Teacher Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 7, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 20, 2026 (7 Reports)
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May 6, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 19, 2026 (12 Reports)
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May 5, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution50-Year-Old Liaoning Woman Faces Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 5, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 21, 2026 (11 Reports)
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May 4, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution61-Year-Old Beijing Woman Arrested a Fourth Time for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionJinan City, Shandong Province: Married Couple Sentenced, Four Others Facing Trial, and 13 More Facing Indictment for Practicing Falun Gong
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May 4, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 18, 2026 (9 Reports)
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May 3, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 17, 2026 (9 Reports)
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May 2, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution68-Year-Old Retired Sichuan Engineer Dies 18 Months After Serving a One-Year Prison Term in Xinjiang Province
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May 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionMarried Couple Arrested for Practicing Falun Gong, Husband Still Detained Over Two Months Later
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May 2, 2026 | Accounts of PersecutionAdditional Persecution News from China – April 16, 2026 (12 Reports)
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May 1, 2026 | Accounts of Persecution65-Year-Old Hubei Woman Taken Straight to Brainwashing Center After Serving an 8-Year Prison Term for Her Faith
