(Minghui.org) First, we’d like to extend our gratitude and respect to Falun Dafa practitioners who have persisted in exposing and counteracting the persecution on the front lines, as well as their family members, friends, co-workers and neighbors who have been supporting them. We’d also like to extend our gratitude and respect to practitioners who have been collecting, verifying, transcribing, and organizing information and submitting information to Minghui despite the danger they have faced all these years, as well as those practitioners who provide technical support to the materials production sites across China. And we want to thank Minghui reporters, editors, technical personnel, and all others outside of China who are involved in various roles that support Minghui.

In twenty-six years, two or three generations have played a part in this project. Most of us didn’t know each other before and have never met in person. We have never received funding from any government or organization. Only the moral strength we get from studying the same teaching (Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance) inspires and motivates us to move forward. It’s a testament to the great power of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, a great way without form, that we have quietly overcome all kinds of difficulties, cooperated with one another, accommodated each other, and worked together seamlessly and persistently for so many years. The hard work, endurance, and dedication of everyone involved are a precious testimony to Fa-rectification cultivation, and they provide abundant and valuable first-hand information that will enable future generations to learn about this extraordinary period in history.

This article provides a group of statistics about the persecution of Falun Dafa collected by Minghui.org between June 20, 1999, and June 20, 2025. These numbers allow a glimpse into the overall situation of the persecution, the ability and hard work put in by practitioners in China to collect and transmit the information, as well as the results of the tireless effort by all practitioners in countering the persecution over the past 26 years. From figures 3, 5, 7, and 9, we see a trend indicating that the persecution is coming to an end.

Figure 1. Cumulative Total of Falun Gong Practitioners Persecuted to Death (not including practitioners with unverified names or identities)

Figure 2. Confirmed Deaths of Falun Gong Practitioners by Region (not including unreported cases, practitioners who didn’t die from direct torture or violence, or those who passed away after their ailments relapsed due to the persecution)

Figure 3. Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced by Year (not including unreported cases)

Figure 4. Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced by Region (not including unreported cases)

Figure 5. Arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners in China by Year (not including unreported cases)

Figure 6. Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Arrested by Region (not including unreported cases)

Figure 7. Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Taken to Forced Labor Camps by Year (the labor camp system, which the CCP had imported from the Soviet Union and used most frequently to persecute Falun Gong practitioners, was abolished in 2013; not including unreported cases)

Figure 8. Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Taken to Forced Labor Camps by Region (not including unreported cases)

Figure 9. Number of Falun Gong Practitioners Taken to Brainwashing Centers by Year (not including unreported cases)

Note: There are discrepancies between the breakdowns by year and by region. The data from 2016 and earlier were taken from Minghui Report: The CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong: 25 Years and Counting, while later data were obtained from statistics reported on Minghui.org.

Minghui began publishing statistical reports in 2015. Unfortunately, there is missing data between October and December 2015, as well as between October and December 2016. For these two years, we used data from the 25-year report mentioned above.

The data from 2017 to 2025 are sourced from statistical reports on Minghui.org. There are differences in the 2017-2023 data between these reports and the 25-year Minghui report. This may have contributed to inconsistencies between the breakdowns by year and by region.

No compassionate effort is made in vain. The lives and spirit tempered by Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance will last for eternity. We are grateful to Falun Dafa for providing a heavenly ladder for us to return to our original, true selves.

Minghui Editorial BoardJune 23, 2025